Priorities and promises, insults and blame seems to be a shared commodity served up in the midst of an election. The truth is we don’t have time for a political verbal joust. In our area three major issues have our attention. Encroaching fire, Covid-19, the environment – all concerns. They are all connected in consort […]
Archives for August 2021
Work on Station Street – north of Bank Avenue to proceed
• THAT Council award the Station Street Reconstruction project to H&M Excavating Ltd. for $1,376,600.93, or RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommend awarding the contract to H&M Excavating Ltd. RECOMMENDATION IMPLICATIONS: There was only one bid but the contractor is more than capable of doing the proposed work in the project from previous project experience with the Town […]
Musings
IN MY OPINION THIS IS WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS DOING AND WHY. President Biden took over a country badly divided and suffering from ideologies that would be both time consuming and difficult to overcome. These ideologies are as deep seated as any religious fanaticism and even a small misstep could tear the country even further […]
On today for the kids
Why are so many worried…so paranoid?
83.8% (3,623,251) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 75.5% (3,266,877) received their second dose. The fact is that the amount of vaccinations has slowed to a “crawl”. What you say? Every day I watch the stats and 81, 82, 83 percent are used – NOT a quantum leap of […]
Roof fire at Oliver Food Bank
3:30 pm Friday Work on roof causes fire Oliver Firefighters make quick work of keeping it under control.
Is Faulder BC the canary in the mine ?
The Faulder Water System relies on groundwater from the Meadow Valley Aquifer for water supply and, in 2015, a new community well was drilled to address depleting water levels and to add a Uranium Extraction Plant to supply domestic water to an estimated 215 residents. Other properties outside the Faulder Water System area also use […]
