Okanagan Lake Penticton in the forties submitted by Brian Wilson – Okanagan Archive Trust Society
Archives for 2018
by Bernard Bedard
October 31st
Routes that still don’t have a carrier are Cache Creek to Kamloops, Kamloops to Valemount, Valemount to the B.C.-Alberta border, Dawson Creek to the B.C.-Alberta border, Salmo to Creston, Cranbrook to the Alberta border, Fort Nelson to Yukon border, and the Hope-Princeton route.
Hovanes hopeful about federal siphon bucks
By ROY WOOD Pretty much the last thing Mayor Ron Hovanes wanted to do the morning after being defeated in his re-election bid was fly cross-country to drum up $5 million for the Gallagher Lake siphon repair. But fly to Ottawa he did, to meet last Monday with infrastructure minister Francois-Phillippe Champagne and local MP […]
Fall colours and trumpeter swans arrive at Vaseux
Photos submitted by Audrey MacNaughton
The Steele report
There is one celebration that nearly every institution has tried in vain to stomp out. Halloween goes back in one form or another to a time prior to civilization itself. It was a more serious affair being as it was part of the passage of the human soul into the afterlife. Yes Halloween drips with […]
Win in the valley
The SOSS Field Hockey team defeated Penticton 3-0 and South Kamloops in the final in shootouts on Saturday to win the Valley Championships! We played here in Oliver in the glorious sunshine. Submitted by Lesley Magnus
By Gail Prior
THE GRINCHES WHO STOLE HALLOWEEN Darkness was fast approaching as she pulled the blinds down and closed the drapes. The only light was in their bedroom, where they were dressing to go out. He was wearing a suit and tie, while she was dressed in a long skirt and elegant, sequined blouse. Reservations had […]