Hop To hop is to launch my body from both feet at once, like a bunny. The bunny hop is a part of the dance at many weddings, where we all get in a circle, one behind the other, and we go, hop hop hop, kick left kick right hop hop hop. To hop is […]

Today is a day of hard cold reflection on history repeating itself.  In 2003 we faced a monster fire in the Okanagan. When it was over I think we chalked it up to a once in a lifetime event.  That allowed us to ignore just how fragile our lives, our Eco-system and the world really […]

BEYOND MY CAPABILITIES         Just when I think that I am doing OK in this modern world, something comes along to give me a reality check.  I recently took a trip to Salt Lake City with a friend.  We were going to a convention of a group that we belong to. My hubby uses the internet […]

Leading those consultations will be Sarah Boyle, the appointed federal project manager for the proposed park. She most recently steered the development of the Rouge National Urban Park near Toronto, which involved working with farmers within it. “In the coming weeks, Boyle will be introducing herself to the various stakeholders, organizations and others interested in […]

  2:57 am Friday BC Forestry Service requests “water tender” to assist with a number of spot fires in the McKinney Rd and Old Camp McKinney Rd area east of Oliver on the road to Baldy. No structures threatened. Oliver Fire Department assisted by supplying resources.

A 54-year-old man*  is dead after a shooting outside his rural Oliver-area home Tuesday. On July 17 at 10:11 p.m., Oliver/Osoyoos RCMP responded to a residence on Wilson Mountain Road. Police discovered a gunshot victim and commenced medical assistance. The man was taken to hospital, where he passed away. The family of the victim states  Christopher […]