A couple of points – this is not September or October We have drought warnings from the authorities (?) We have the potential of a bad year for forest fires in this region due to DRY conditions Weather forecasters see rain for the next week. By then the number of days before school returns is […]

UPDATE: RDOS Area C Director Rick Knodel tells ODN this morning the contest grant will be matched with funds from “gas tax” monies available to the Regional District. That will be $200 thousand in total included as a revenue for this project. *** Oliver Small Wheels Playground Improvements Our existing skatepark was built in 2000 […]

On a sideroad up McKinney Rd. abandoned and leaking oil what to do?

Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer said ‘ if elected to Canada’s highest office he would not be looking to reverse controversial national park plans in the South Okanagan’. “I think as long as we can look and say the process that was followed was fair, open and transparent, then at the end of the day, […]

Praemonitus, Praemunitus – Political Nudge Two   Earlier this week, I listed the vision or mission statements of those Canadian national political parties that have one – or two – or something close. I suggested that you find the one that resonates and then go find out which party you have chosen. In case you […]

Peanut Pond project plows forward  The large multi-family residential development above the southwest shore of Peanut Pond received a couple of council approvals this afternoon as the project continues to move ahead. The 54-unit project will fill the empty land between the pond and Highway 3, behind the Super 8 Motel. Council approved an Official […]