Wow! I think we are experiencing an unexpectedly early Fall. I always worry along with our farmers when we get rain in the middle of harvest. I’m sure it’s not a benefit to our apple crop or the hundreds of acres of grapes still hanging on the vines. I hope we return to our usual […]

Just before 8 am Saturday – report of large fire east of Tuc-el-nuit Drive Two engines, fire chief and duty officer respond. Burn pile sighted near maintenance yard of Desert Canyon golf course. All firefighters return to hall.

    by Audrey MacNaughton

Thanksgiving or Complaining? Do we have something to complain about? It has been claimed that many (not all) of our ancestors did without the following:   without sugar in many places before the 13th century; without coal fires until the 14th century; without buttered bread until the 15th century; without potatoes until the 16th century; […]

Updated info from RCMP The crash on the bridge a was single male driver in his 80s. Contributing factors appear to be a pre-existing medical condition and the setting sun. The driver was transported to South Okanagan General Hospital as a precaution given the complete over turn of the vehicle. Speed, alcohol, and distracted driving […]

  Thanks to Al Haley and the Snowcats

Chord A chord is a harmonic set of multiple notes at the same time. Some music genres tend to use a certain set of chords a lot of the time. This is part of the reason that those genres seem to sound so similar. Some cultures do not use chords in their music, just single […]