I often wonder what Remembrance Day would be like if even half the people who complain about it competing with Christmas, showed up at the cenotaph. From time to time I hear the question. Why don’t people show the day more respect than they do? First, we have been protected from the ugly front lines […]
Archives for November 2021
Update on vaccinations
Since December 2020, the province has administered 8,373,682 doses of Pfizer-Bio NTech, Moderna and Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccines. As of Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, 90.5% (4,195,116) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.4% (4,003,628) received their second dose. 90.9% (3,932,843) of all eligible adults […]
Structure fire on Willowbrook Rd brings out two fire departments
Willowbrook Fire Department requested to help by Oliver. House fire south of Patten Rd at 953 Willowbrook Rd Oliver Fire Department knocked down the fire quickly “The Oliver Fire Department is currently responding to a heavily involved structure fire on Willowbrook Road, please stay clear of the area as there will be emergency vehicles and […]
Do you remember “Pizza Harv”
In 1979, Harvey Oberfeld joined BCTV‘s Legislative Bureau, making the switch to television during the station’s “Golden Era” under News Director Cameron Bell and Assignment Editor Keith Bradbury. Their strategy of hiring accomplished newspaper reporters to bolster the flagship News Hour news program helped propel BCTV to the top of the ratings, a position it still holds […]
Osoyoos gets government support for child care
Osoyoos Elementary school opened 24 new “Seamless Day” spaces last summer. The 24 new child care spaces added at the school are from the renovation of two classrooms. The space can now be used as a kindergarten during the day with the addition of licenced child care in the mornings and afternoons. The Osoyoos facility […]
Thursday 11am at the Cenotaph
For the Fallen BY LAURENCE BINYON With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free. Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres, There is […]
Thorough consultations required for Vaseux Lake bike path
The Vaseux Lake Stewardship Association is calling on the RDOS and BC Government to conduct a meaningful and thorough consultation process with all key stake holders. This should include the Osoyoos and Penticton Indian Bands, Canada Wildlife Service, Nature Trust of British Columbia, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Vaseux Lake Stewardship Association, South Okanagan Naturalist Club […]
Sea gulls flock to sunny Okanagan avoiding wind storms at the Coast Gulls have booked in at nearby Hotel for the winter.
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