And we have a winner! The 100+ ladies of Oliver, Osoyoos, and OK Falls heard from three fabulous charities this evening – the Okanagan Gleaners, the Osoyoos Desert Cultural Society, and the Okanagan Falls Helping Hands. All three charities would have been very worthy of receiving the funds raised this tonight, but in the end […]

Battling Ebola The heart of Kent Brantly’s goal was to be involved in medical missions. His first stint in a “third world” country was Liberia in 2003. After marriage in 2008 his wife, Amber, joined him in such ventures. When the Ebola crisis broke out in Africa it spread to become one of the most […]

Yellow-Rumped Warbler from our Oxbow.

Above To be above the fray. Ahhhhh, not hooked, frazzled, annoyed or bothered by any of it. Nice to be above. Also, we can choose to be above gossip, mean spirited comments or any form of verbal attack. Above is unattached, more like observing than being hooked in. It is quiet above, also comforting, kind […]

Sportsman’s Bowl Area – REVISED EVACUATION ORDER The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) has revised an ordered evacuation of properties in the Sportsman’s Bowl area, due to immediate danger to life safety due to flooding. Only 12 properties with 15 addresses on Sportsman’s Bowl Rd are now under an evacuation order. An Emergency Social Services […]