Have you ever secretly wanted to vent your jealousy toward a family member?  This is the season to do that and look like an angel.   First target those perfect people, you know the ones who always look great even if they just fell off a horse.  You know the right weight, perfect tan, you get […]

  Background: In order to further divert wastes entering the landfill, the Solid Waste Management Plan has identified organics diversion as the primary means of achieving this goal. Food waste and other organic material accounts for approximately 40% of waste going to landfills in the RDOS. Previous studies estimate a diversion potential of 26% of […]

Recently my younger brother corrected my English ….or pronunciation on the work bereft. I had called it ‘berift’ for most of my life. It is bereft.   Let me use it in a sentence:  ODN is bereft of local news. ……As are most newspapers and news websites in our area.   Why ?? No local […]

The 2020 homeowner grant threshold in British Columbia has been set at $1.525 million, maintaining that 92% of homeowners continue to be eligible for the B.C. Home Owner Grant. The threshold is down from $1.65 million in 2019 due to moderating housing prices throughout the province. The threshold has again been set to ensure the […]

NEW YEAR, NEW HOPES, NEW START     Christmas is all over, tree disposed of and precious ornaments stored away for another year.  New Year parties are now just a memory, empty bottles removed from the house and left over calorie laden nibbles have been finished.  Another year’s festivities over and done with. Those of us who […]

Walt’s New Year Howie was intent on his game of marbles ‘singles’ when a shadow covered him. A tall, lanky fellow greeted him and asked him if he would be interested in being part of his Sunday School class. Any sentence with school in it was bad news to Howie. “Not interested,” he replied. “May […]