McGill University psychology professor Ross Otto says there is a well-established psychological principle that may explain any decision by Canadians to flee to the North. In the early 1970s, psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman stated that humans have trouble estimating the likelihood of something happening to them because they are influenced by examples that […]
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Option #3 selected by Osoyoos Council – a delay in tax payments
Options for Property Tax Due Date and Penalty application Section 197 of the Community Charter states that the annual Tax Rates Bylaw needs to be adopted after the financial plan but before May 15th. Due to the current COVID 19 crisis, and the effect it is having on our residents and businesses of our community […]
Find a way to sit in the sun
Quote of B.C. ( as in before Christ )
“In war, the first casualty is truth.” Aeschylus lived from 456 B.C. to 524 B.Cd -writer of Greek tragedies
The one story – the one big story
Received two telephone calls Saturday – one from a relative and another from a friend of long standing in the business world. Both said the same thing. When is this insanity going to end? One said that once war is declared the first victim is the truth? All hands on deck we are off to […]
Deaths in Canada
In the USA 8300 deaths New stats from BC 1203 cases – 704 of those have recovered 38 dead 128 cases in the Interior Health area as at 6pm Saturday
by Pat Whalley
TOGETHERNESS Social distancing is already getting wearisome. I am just getting to the end of my two weeks isolation and […]