A couple of people have asked me to weigh in on the “cold weather” homeless shelter. I truly do understand the concerns of residents and taxpayers within a block of the United Church -who dislike the idea of a shelter in their neighborhood I would not like one in my backyard Now the rub […]
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BC Covid report
“Today, we are reporting 435 new cases, including 13 epi-linked cases, for a total of 71,387 cases in British Columbia. “There are 4,393 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. There are 241 individuals currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 68 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home […]
Churches in Osoyoos and Oliver to open as “warming” centres
The Seventh Day Adventist Church is opening its doors in Oliver and Osoyoos as an extreme cold weather shelter to bring people experiencing homelessness in from the frigid cold temperatures that have hit the south Okanagan. The temperature is predicted to dip down to -12 C tonight and as low as -21 C on Thursday. The […]
by Sandra Smith
216cm base – a healthy one – 100cms new in the last week.
by Lin Brian
HOW ARE YOU TODAY? A very loaded question, “How are you today?” When I know full well the answer they expect is, “I’m O.K.” They don’t want to hear that my left breast has two lumps. They don’t want to hear that all my children have the mumps. Not for them the news that my […]
No decision on cold weather shelter at United Church
Update from T of O CAO Cathy Cowan: They…..Council have postponed consideration of the motion to allow the Cold Weather Shelter committee to undertake the development of a plan and implement policies and procedures. They have requested that the Committee (formed aftera public forum meeting) – continue to look for possible alternative sites as well. […]
Covid update
“Today, we are reporting on three periods. From Feb. 5 to 6, we had 428 new cases. From Feb. 6 to 7, we had 465 new cases and in the last 24-hours, we had a further 343 new cases. “This results in a total of 1,236 new cases, including five epi-linked cases, for a total […]