Nearly 18 million Canadians voted with turnout of about 66% 4,774,963 voted at advance polls 111,300 voted on campus at one of 119 temporary Elections Canada offices between October 5 and October 9 34,324 voted by mail from abroad 365 ordinary polling stations on reserves 26.9 million voter information cards distributed across Canada 300,000 (approx.) […]

Photo by Richard (Dick) Cannings Looking west to Bench and Summerland below Interesting facts Election 2019 Top two candidates # number of ballots Penticton: 8629 Oliver: 2153 Grand Forks: 1958 Castlegar: 1879 Osoyoos: 1648 Trail: 1613 We acknowledge that other candidates were running but interesting to look at turnout for top two candidates in the […]

More than 1,100 people in the region have now been connected with a primary health-care provider, thanks in part to a new online waiting list. 60 percent of them with doctors. Launched in August, the online list allows people to put their names in a centralized database from which doctors and nurse practitioners can then […]

36 year old Jesse William Shawcross has been charged with 10 criminal counts in connection with multiple incidents in September in Oliver, OK Falls and Penticton. Shawcross has lived in Kamloops and his age may be different than the one given in court documents.     count of uttering threats of death count assault with […]

A week ago a couple of “campers” set up along the river just past the Control Structure/Footbridge at the north end of town about 300 yards up the east side dike path. They are a female and a male. I called RDOS Bylaw Enforcement 250 490-4130, the day these folks set up shop. The RDOS […]

Submitted by Henryka Mrzljak

Yet another Election now over. Signs down by now (we hope) and a temporary reprieve from the election machine of emails, phone calls etc. While many of us no longer appreciate the election process, there are many new Canadians who, with great pride, cast their vote in a country where they are not afraid to […]