West Kelowna – A suspected police impersonator is facing charges after an off-duty RCMP officer spotted him allegedly conducting what investigators believed to be a traffic stop. On May 1, 2021 just before 3:00 p.m., an off-duty officer noticed a non-police vehicle with what appeared to be police lights in the grill. The vehicle […]
Archives for May 2021
by Robert Sieben
More – signs of our times
“stay in your cave!!!”
“Today, we are reporting 697 new cases, including 16 epi-linked cases, for a total of 132,353 cases in British Columbia. “There are 7,161 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 10,961 people under public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases. A further 123,383 people who tested positive have recovered. […]
Signs of our times – Managing Editor to run for Penticton councillor seat
James Miller has announced his candidacy for city council in the June 19 by-election. A five-minute video was posted online Tuesday, May 4 where Miller briefly outlines his platform and the reasons why he’s running in the byelection. He and his campaign manager will file nomination papers on Tuesday morning at Penticton City Hall. Miller, […]
Covid report
“Today, we are reporting on three periods: from April 30 to May 1, we had 835 new cases; from May 1 to May 2, we had 671 new cases and in the last 24 hours, we had a further 668 new cases. “This results in 2,174 new cases over the period, for a total of […]
Update: 2 ambulances on scene for head-on-crash ………..at Rd 22 and Hwy 97
“On May 3, 2021 at 8:13 am RCMP along with other first responders attended to a 2 vehicle collision on Highway 97 at Road 22. A Chevrolet Cobalt driven by an Osoyoos woman was north bound on Highway 97 when a south bound Dodge Ram pickup truck driven by an Oliver man failed to yield […]
Four million servings !
Gleaners May update Volunteers from across BC and Western Canada observed COVID 19 protocols and came to Okanagan Gleaners to help make soup mix. 4,033,000 servings! The first order is to leave the plant May 10th for the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul for their North of 60 Project. This is a Canadian initiative […]






