The sixth annual Garlic Festival takes place this weekend in Oliver, all in support of a great program. The event will take place at Hester Creek Estate Winery, which is hosting about 20 local garlic growers, artisan crafters, along with food trucks and live entertainment. Admission proceeds will be donated to the Farm to Table […]

Thursday evening 615 to 6:30 Just north of the head of the lake on Tucelnuit Drive Police, fire and EMS on scene Details not known, a roll over first thought to involve a fire. Local residents hosed down a source of smoke Condition of driver not known.

Long-time Keremeos resident Joe Reichert is being remembered by his wife Rejeanne through a $50 thousand donation to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation’s PRH campaign.Joe Reichert didn’t consider life in a wheelchair to be much of a hindrance. Born in Humboldt, Saskatchewan in 1935, Joe and his family moved to Keremeos when he was […]

By Julie Martineau Found this guy lazing upside down in the sun…curious to know if it is a native ground mantid or praying mantid.  (Mantis? ed) Publisher’s Note Although many refer to a member of this group as a ‘praying mantis,’ mantis refers to the genus Mantis. Only some praying mantids belong to the genus […]