I have a question for you. Have you ever had an old song enter your head that won’t go away? Especially a song that was way over played in its time and you were sick of it? It’s like a punishment from Hades. Well when I woke this morning such a song arrived in my […]
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by Pat Whalley
GIVE ME PATIENCE, BUT MAKE IT SOON! I am going slowly crazy! It is not dementia, thankfully, but I guess it is what is known as Covid Fatigue. This new name for the complete breakdown of normality does not make it any easier to bear. Thank goodness for my little dog, Daisy! Without this little […]
Club 400 Rotary cash draw
WEEK 43 APRIL 27, 2021 REGULAR DRAW WINNER OF $52.00 – Ticket 277 – Sukh Manhas APRIL 27, 2021 REGULAR DRAW WINNER OF $100.00 – Ticket 372 – Veronique Bolduc
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Open letter
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 […]
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 — […]