Below four pictures of current conditions Monday 1.Okanagan River flowing well at Deer Park 2. Vaseux Creek south of Deer Park – running early 3. Park Rill at Secrest – Victoria Creek wet but no real run, this system fueled by Myers Flat 4. Below the falls at Secrest at the bottom end of Sports […]

Northern Pygmy Owl photographed in the Fraser Valley. Sieben is one of the best nature photographers I have found in BC. He was raised in Oliver and attended junior high school here prior to a family move to Vancouver. Many of Rob’s photographs have been featured on ODN in recent years

Scott Fraser, B.C.’s Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, and Carolyn Bennett, federal Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, have released the following statement. The two ministers met in Victoria Monday talking about finding a peaceful resolution to the blockades across the country and other issues arising from the concerns of Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs. “There is no […]

Be honest with people; be helpful; and be human. “If what you are about to say or do is not helpful, then don’t say it or don’t do it.” To be human, police officers sometimes have to take their hats off, he said. “People are suffering, we need to be human . . . connect […]

Thanks to Cathy Pidduck

I have been watching the political chess game where protesters and governments are battling for the hearts and minds of the general public. Lets stand back so we can see the bigger picture. Yes the courts have spoken agreed. But Canada has had a long history of objection and civil disobedience. We learned in the […]