A low pressure system will develop over the southwest interior tonight resulting in widespread showers with embedded thunderstorms. Rainfall amounts will be variable across the region, with 10 to 20 mm expected through Friday afternoon. Any areas affected by thunderstorms could see locally higher amounts in excess of 30 mm. These higher rainfall amounts, particularly […]

We are truly living in a changing world, to fast for some. I am now watching some of my younger grand kids graduate from high school. Have you considered, almost without exception none of the graduating class of 2019, ever set foot in the twentieth century. We judge today’s youth and we make generalizations, which […]

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Okanagan Bat Project The Okanagan Valleys is well-known for its diverse habitats from the lakes, streams and sage-covered grasslands in the valley-bottom to the Ponderosa Pine and Douglas fir forests reaching up to the rugged cliffs above us. Is it any surprise that the Okanagan Valley has more species of bats living here than anywhere […]

A reader asked : Where do you suppose the garbage was dumped? !! Obviously in her view looking out the kitchen window. (South of Rd 2) Demolition material should go to a landfill in Oliver or even better Okanagan Falls which handles demolition building material: plastics, insulation, etc. Too much agriculture land is taken up […]

Statue of (Bear and Cub) recently installed outside Parq Vancouver Casino hotel complex in Yaletown at the intersection of Cambie and Smythe Streets. Made of polished stainless steel by artist Zhang Huan. 

  Canadian reporter and commentator   Andrew Coyne stated: “It is quite clear now, if it was not already – this is the most serious threat to the independence of the press in this country in decades.”   Subject your tax dollars at work: Liberal Government’s controversial $595 million to subsidize media organizations.