Women and children were left behind Dear Editor: As department heads of Family Practice and Obstetrics at Penticton Regional Hospital, we have felt many emotions while navigating the COVID pandemic — fear, hope, frustration, sadness, but today we are feeling completely disillusioned. We are disillusioned that the team that planned and executed the beautiful David […]
Archives for May 2021
History of Oliver Airport – Archivos Magazine
OLIVER – LARGEST AIRPORT IN THE OKANAGAN 1937 by Jack Bennest During the depression, the federal government decided that the small community of Oliver would become part of a plan for national airmail delivery much to the chagrin of larger communities in the Okanagan. An agent of the Federal Government came to the South Okanagan […]
Chinook salmon fish stock placed in Okanagan River
The Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) has reintroduced Chinook salmon above Vaseux Lake at sx̌ʷəx̌ʷnitkʷ (pronounced S-hoho-neet-kwa) Provincial Park — also known as Okanagan Falls — for the first time in 70 years. “We are releasing Chinook back into their historical habitat,” says Herb Alec, hatchery building operator for the Penticton Indian Band. The release — […]
Penticton Indian Band confirms 9th positive case of Covid
The Penticton Indian Band (PIB) is facing a surge in COVID-19 cases after an April 22 funeral. In a release posted on the PIB website Friday, April 30, the PIB confirmed that they had received their ninth positive test. This relates to those who attended a funeral on the reserve on April 22. PIB Health […]
Flashback Friday
No Greg, No cherries, not quite the season……………. photo by Russell Work
Covid Report – Friday
“Today, we are reporting 740 new cases, for a total of 129,482 cases in British Columbia. “There are 7,886 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 11,727 people under public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases. A further 119,785 people who tested positive have recovered. “Of the active cases, […]
On the Sunny Side
Amazing If I were to state that inside my closed hand I have the full manuscript of a 292 page book many of you would believe me because you know how that can be done. If I then claimed that I also have, inside that same hand, complete copies of several hundred sermons and articles, […]
by Larry Ritco
(Excerpt from the book RUSSIA: A JOURNEY TO THE ARCTIC) May Day Celebrations Part 1 Sunday May 1 May Day, also known as “Spring and Labor Day,” is a time when the Russian people spend time with family and friends in celebration of springtime, gardening, and flowers. This day lost its Socialist meaning after the […]