Today, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, announced that the Government of Canada will not, at this time, be reclassifying the Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussel (RMRM) as endangered under the Species At Risk Act (SARA). A recommendation on whether to reclassify the species will be made at […]

This a current a high resolution picture – use mouse to enlarge. The BC Forest Service – Wildfire Division is having a good year with no fires to speak of in ALL of BC So we have this monster fire almost 3000 hectares in size – threatening god knows what with the media restricted from […]

It never ceases to amaze me that in the midst of expressions of love and positive feelings about our world, there is such an abundance of hate.  Hate is disguised in many ways and some is  just out there for all to see.  The trouble is the problem is getting worse and many in society […]

Recently, I read that the CEO of Air Canada cashed in his stock options for $52.7 million—and this is on top of his regular salary of $10.5 million and a guaranteed company pension of $750,000 per year. Now, that pay rate is ridiculous enough, but do you know that he will only pay half the […]

  There’s a new and easy way for patients in the South Okanagan Similkameen region to be connected to a family physician or nurse practitioner. Effective immediately, patients who do not currently have a primary care provider can add their name to a centralized list, rather than visiting or calling family physician offices individually to […]

Are signs a problem? In some areas yes and the “bone of contention” at the moment is a stretch of straight highway from the boundary of Oliver (Road 1 to Road 5) full of colourful fruit stands, flags, orchard signs, product for sale signs, some with wavy air filled contraptions. About 5 years ago the […]