A CN train has derailed near Hope. The company says the derailment happened early Monday morning, with preliminary reports suggesting 20 cars are off the tracks. It doesn’t look like anyone’s been hurt in the derailment, and CN says there are also no reports of fires or dangerous goods involved. It’s still unclear what caused […]
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“we live in a world of plastics”
B.C. is a leader in creating extended producer responsibility (EPR) recycling programs. It has more programs than any other jurisdiction in North America. B.C. has 22 industry-led EPR recycling programs covering 14 different product categories of consumer products, such as packaging, electronics and electrical products, residual solvents, beverage containers, tires and household hazardous wastes. 315,000 […]
Visibility Poor
by Nancy Falkus
Garden area at the Overton Ranch Now can I see someone in the shadows back there?
Funeral for SO band member maybe at root of Covid case
The Penticton Indian Band Emergency Operations Centre has just been notified of a positive COVID 19 test result within our PIB community. The PIB nursing team are in the early stages of contact tracing. It has been strongly recommended that anyone who attended the wake and/or funeral of our Nation member in Oliver on September […]
Room temperature weather and SMOKE
Credit Smoke.ca
by Pat Whalley
LOCKED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS It seems the more our world advances, the further behind I fall. In the “old days” before bank cards or credit cards were the usual form […]
Culvert project on Mt. Baldy Rd/Camp McKinney
The Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure will be doing a culvert replacement on Camp McKinney Road at 22.5 KM starting Sept 14th through early October. Delays can be expected. Vern Lange Construction Manager Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure *** Photo of general area submitted by Sandra Smith, Mt. Baldy Blogspot Sandra indicates that this was […]