” A cute shot of my little hummingbird friend who sits on the tomato stand every morning…” Doris Lancaster
Archives for 2018
Goal posts moved again – on cannabis production
Local and First Nations governments now are able to prohibit cannabis production in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) within their communities, unless it is grown in ways that preserve the productive capacity of agricultural land. This regulatory change, effective immediately, gives authority to local and Indigenous governments to prohibit cement-based, industrial-style, cannabis-production bunkers on ALR […]
by Michael (Barry) Lancaster
As I was walking back to my house after coffee at the Cock n’ Bull I heard the unmistakeable alarm calls of a Killdeer coming from the vacant plots opposite OK Tire. Knowing that at least once, that species had bred there recently, I looked for the female. Sure enough, there she was shepherding 4 chicks […]
On the Sunnyside
Splinters I was walking on the bedroom carpet in my bare feet when a wooden splinter poked painfully into the bottom of my foot. How did that get there? I immediately pulled away at the splinter but the tip broke off and stayed under the skin. Repeated efforts with a pair of tweezers merely […]
Think about it – with Joseph Seiler
Charity Charity begins at home, they say. Home is where the heart is, right? The heart is always true, sometimes naive and misguided, but true from it’s perspective. So if I offer charity, say some money, is it possible to do so without charity? Hmmm? If my thought is along the lines of saving that […]
5 people rescued tonight off river island north of Oliver
Two fire dispatches – Hwy 97 at 6:48 and Campsite Rd at 7:05 Details just coming in on this event. One person lost but found. Four others all in one group caught on island in the wild section of river north of Park Rill Drive. Oliver Fire Department spent about an hour and 20 minutes […]
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