The Kiwanis Market re-opened for sales on Saturday, June 27.  New hours of opening will be Saturdays only, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. The opening comes with new rules to address the COVID-19 virus. The wearing of masks will be required in the market, so bring your own or purchase one at the door […]

Coincidence or Divine Providence? Shortly after WW2 a young man named Cliff, and his fiancée Billie (a woman), were anxious to get married. They had very little money. They managed to scrape together enough funds for a simple wedding and two train tickets to a city where he had been asked to help a friend […]

Chace Alaric 500.00 – Carson Ruhland Memorial Scholarship 550.00 – Nick Jones Scholarship 650.00 – Robert McDowell Foundation Scholarship 500.00 – Catholic Women’s League Bursary 500.00 – Old Stockers Hockey Club Award *** Joshua Allenbrand 1,500.00 – SOSS Enrichment Fund Society Scholarship 500.00 – SOSS PAC Scholarship *** 545.00 Alex and Pat Jones Forman Bursary […]

As I write this the water in our rivers throughout the South Okanagan, Boundary and Similkameen are still dangerously high. While the flooding this year has not destroyed people’s homes to the extent of 2018, it has put more people and land at risk and continues to add frustration and costs to their daily lives. […]

Government of BC taking two initiatives for the farming industry in the Okanagan   a desire to set up more picker camps to ensure proper Covid training be given to pickers I am not going into detail of what is or is not planned – just a bit of frustration Pickers in the Oliver area […]