Armistice and Remembrance Armistice Day and Thanksgiving Day were both celebrated on the same day in Canada – on the Monday before 11 November each year – until Parliament, in 1931, established Remembrance Day and date as 11 November and immovable. Some now argue that calling it Remembrance Day instead of Armistice Day allows us […]
Archives for 2019
Weekend quiz
*** 1 bottle of VQA wine donated by Margaret Green is the prize. Best answers considered for a win. *** ***
Ditch to be celebrated – 100 years
Celebrations are included in the 2019 Corporate Plan, which includes recognition of the 100th Anniversary of the irrigation canal – “The Ditch”. Expenses for the plaque and base will be allocated to the Water System Miscellaneous Budget $5,000 • Plaque – $3,495 • Base – TBD Expenses for the Reception will be allocated to Council’s […]
On the Sunnyside
Remembrance How does a person go about remembering something he/she has not experienced? How can anyone identify with an event he/she was not part of? It requires ingenuity and reflection. I was born just before WW2 began. At our place in Northern Ontario the effects of that war were remote. I have only one […]
One change – but leadership at RDOS stays the same
At the RDOS Inaugural Board meeting on Thursday, November 7, 2019, the Board held elections for chair and vice chair. Director Karla Kozakevich, Electoral Area “E,” has been acclaimed as chair and director Doug Holmes, District of Summerland, has been elected as vice-chair. Manfred Bauer of Keremeos was defeated in a run off election for […]
Think about it with Joseph Seiler
Fashion To say that something is the fashion is to declare it to be the currently accepted way. The manner in which things are expected to be is the fashion, the norm these days. Some people wear jeans that are all torn and call it ‘the fashion’. Getting tattoos that cover an entire arm is […]
Opinion: My take by Roy Wood
Tax exemptions are a tempting target, but councils go after them at its peril Local mayors and councillors would do well to think twice before opening the Pandora’s box that is the foregone tax revenue on the list of permissive property tax exemptions. Osoyoos is the most recent jurisdiction to eye the big shiny pile […]
You can help keep SOGH humming
The SOS Medical Foundation is adding $280 thousand to the completion of a 1.25 million $ project at South Okanagan General Hospital. Your donation to the Foundation help fund permanent medical gas hookups in the Triage Area, a Nurses work station and an exterior Awning over the new Entrance to the ER Did you get […]