Since December 2020, the Province has administered 7,230,961 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. As of Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, 82.6% (3,830,337) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 73.2% (3,393,049) received their second dose. In addition, 83.5% (3,609,557) of all eligible adults […]
Archives for 2021
95 year old on scooter injured in car crash
Oliver Police File 2021-4112 2021-August-16 Monday 1319 hrs Main Street/Fairview Road Oliver SCOOTER vs SUV Police, Fire and EHS attended a collision at the intersection of Main Street and Fairview Road involving a mobility scooter and a Grey Nissan SUV. Witnesses at the scene told police that the male, a 95 year old Oliver resident, […]
One of my favourite pix
Red fire at the Red Bridge
Can you help with this file? Keremeos – RCMP investigating arson to the Red Bridge. On August 5th, 2021, at about 1:00 p.m., Keremeos RCMP responded to a report of a structure fire at the Red Bridge on Ashnola Road. The Keremeos Fire Department was on scene and able to put out the fire before […]
Heightened Fire Activity – jumping containment guards near Baldy Mtn.
As of 20:00 hours on August 15, this incident is experiencing heightened fire activity on the north eastern front due to gusting winds up to 60 km/hr. The fire has jumped containment guards at the western base of Mount Baldy and is currently burning upslope to the top of the mountain with Rank 5 fire […]
Sunday questions…. and maybe an answer or three
Australian wild fire management team – in control in SO
Crews, fire behaviour analysts and ignition specialists conducted a 300 ha planned ignition operation on the north west flank. This planned ignition operation occured in favorable weather conditions and was successful. The objective of this operation was to remove the fuel between the guard lines and the head of the fire. Removing this fuel […]
The Steele report
Well likely by now the word is out – on the worst kept secret in Canada. Election day is thirty-six days away set for September twentieth. This article is not about stats or predictions about who wins or majority vs minority. It’s about some of the things that get interrupted when an election is called. […]