The windows work is part of the ongoing Museum windows restoration project the ODHS is completing. Gerry Plante’s Carpentry Ltd. of Oliver is completing the sanding, repainting, weather-stripping, and repair of all of our original 1924 wood-frame windows to make the building more energy-efficient and to better preserve these original building elements for the future. […]
Archives for 2020
SO Concert Society cancels fall and winter season
The executive of the South Okanagan Concert Society met June 15th and is sad to announce that the concert season for 2020/2021 is cancelled as a result of the Covid19 pandemic. A variety of conditions forced this decision. First, musicians already booked to come from Quebec and points East simply cannot know whether travel will […]
Quotation of the week
The concentration of wealth among Canada’s richest 1% is deeper than previously believed, according to a federal government report based on a new modelling approach. The top 1% of Canada’s families hold about 25.6% of the wealth — roughly $3 trillion — up from 13.7% estimated under previous methodology, says the report from the Office […]
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The Steele report
The headlines of a few days ago read Foreign Workers are not coming. The Mexican Government hit the pause button. That is only partly true, and only part of the problem. Over the past couple of days I have begun to separate fact from confusion. The pause button is on for those who did not […]
by Bill Greer
Cedar Waxwing
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 […]