More than 7 units of the RCMP scouring the streets of Okanagan Falls this morning including the K9 unit in the picture. Officers walking, Officers driving, talking to residents etc. Picture taken at 10: 15 am *** With files from Castanet/RCMP media suspects are in custody following a carjacking in Penticton and manhunt in Okanagan […]

Weather Look for more gusty winds and showers – 70 percent change of rain this afternoon

Process: RDOS planning staff write a report and make a recommendation. Area Planning Commission reviews applications given to it A recommendation is given based on the merits to the Board of Directors RDOS That board often makes the final decision The owners of the new Checkmate Winery at 4799 Wild Rose Street off – Rd […]

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Just south of Rd Three I was tempted

The voices of goodness say we have a homeless problem in this Province.  No we have a series of social problems in society that  has a consequence entitled “A homeless problem”…….. Who is primarily responsible for the mess we are in?  It is a shared problem.  People have to be responsible for their own behavior. […]

This is our second story on the Men’s Shed located on Hwy 97 – just south of the Oliver Place Mall at the Sandalwood Court. Kerry Pearle runs the one day a week program but wants to add days to the calendar when it picks up in the fall. Presently 4 to 8 persons weekly […]

Secure funding in place – Oliver’s Men’s Shed program is ready to go. The Men’s Shed, a space for men from Oliver and Osoyoos to come together and work on projects, is opening at the end of April according to Desert Sun executive director Marieze Tarr (centre in picture) “When men downsize and move into […]