Man on left is … A Penticton police officer has been tapped to lead the Oliver RCMP detachment, where he spent five years earlier in his career. Cpl. Don Wrigglesworth will be promoted to sergeant when he takes up his new post in December. This info released Thursday at a RDOS committee meeting by  new […]

· IH is reporting 28 new cases overnight, for a total of 1,172 · 223 cases are active and on isolation (on? or in isolation?) · Two people are in hospital with one in ICU. Same · Total number of deaths in IH remains at three. (same) What is not stated here by IHA There […]

Masks are the answer. Wear one at all retail outlets. I repeat ALL stores,…. even when filling up at the gas station. If you like you can wear a mask while riding your horse or driving your car. You can wear mask if anyone comes to your house. Take this opportunity to wear a mask. […]

SALMO – Interior Health (IH) is reporting ongoing COVID-19 cases linked to the community cluster in the broader Salmo area. Our investigation reveals in the past 14 days, there have been 23 COVID-19 cases identified in the Salmo region extending south from Nelson. The majority of these cases are linked to several social events that […]

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Dr. Roger Hodkinson, Chairman of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons committee in Ottawa, CEO of a large private medical laboratory in Edmonton, Alberta and Chairman of a Medical Biotechnology company selling a test for Covid. “There is utterly unfounded public hysteria driven by the media and politicians. This is the biggest hoax ever […]

  The South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation’s 15th annual Tree of Dreams campaign is looking to complete the $3-million fundraising effort for a second CT at Penticton Regional Hospital. There’s now less than $500,000 remaining in the SOS Medical Foundation’s CT drive launched last spring. So far donors throughout the region have contributed $2.5 million […]

Remembrance Day has come and gone, and the sights and sounds of the Yuletide are about to make their appearance. The last vestiges of the calendar are ticking by on one of the most chaotic years in history. The pandemic which is life threatening yet in the opening salvo insecure citizens bought every roll of […]