Cedar Waxwing
Archives for June 2020
Involved in tourism?
Local officials are inviting the public to a virtual town hall to discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on tourism in the South Okanagan and Boundary-Similkameen region. Linda Larson, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen, and Dan Ashton, MLA for Penticton, will be joined by official opposition co-critics for tourism Doug Clovechok and Michelle Stilwell on Zoom. The event […]
Rant – seems it needs to be said….again
A comment made and published by the Vancouver Sun Tom D…. Its becoming really really comical. Imagine recording cancer cases, accidents or suicides. It would be in the 10’s of thousands. These clowns are tracking and tracing something that 99.9% of the population DOES NOT HAVE. Publisher: The Vancouver Sun does not have the same […]
Lots of water this year for fish and agriculture
Due to precipitation in the form of snow and rain – Okanagan Lake is quite high for this time of year and the river from Penticton to Osoyoos FULL but in most part channelized to control flooding. Shawn Reimer controls the flow of water to Osoyoos Lake with several dams and gates. Reimer, Ministry of […]
Shooting Monday in Oliver – not connected to death on OIB land Saturday
Man shot during disturbance Police responded to a disturbance Monday in Oliver after one man was shot. On June 15, 2020 at 5:50 pm, RCMP responded to a disturbance between two men at a house in the 5500 block of Yarrow Street, Oliver, BC. During the disturbance one man suffered non-life threatening injuries after being […]
Update: Dog death reported in trailer fire
Oliver RCMP investigate a fire to a motorhome in Oliver which claimed the life of the owner’s dog. On June 16, 2020 at 8:40am, Oliver RCMP attended to assist the Oliver Fire Department with a fire of a motorhome at 1074 Pine Ridge Drive, Oliver, BC. The motorhome was the primary residence of the owner […]
Victim of “hit” – shooting death Saturday – no criminal record
An exhaustive search of data banks available to ODN shows: Many names associated to the victim including his mother at the present age of 59. But no record of the -individual killed- before the courts. ODN will continue to state – we do not release names of the deceased without permission of family or the […]
by Russell Work
To all photographers: a square is best here 800 by 800 pixel if you want a banner published – the frame,,, the capture should be sent as 1280 by 270 pixel makes my life easier