To best position us as we go into 2021, an amendment to provincial health officer (PHO) orders has been put in place to reduce the hours that alcohol may be sold or served on New Year’s Eve. The selling and serving of alcohol must cease between 8 p.m. (Pacific time) on Dec. 31, 2020, and […]

Update on IH numbers:  IH is reporting 57 new cases overnight, for a total of 3,806. 636 cases are active and on isolation. Thirty-six people are in hospital; six of them in ICU. Total number of deaths in IH remains at 28. Update on outbreaks: Noric House long-term care in Vernon remains at six cases: five residents and one staff. Heritage Square long-term care in […]

A thought for our care workers. As we are ..now.. a hot spot for Covid-19 it highlights just how important our healthcare workers are. It is not possible to express understanding of your positions with mere words so it must suffice to say: “I hold the deepest respect for all those who move toward danger […]

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Edward James Schanuel June 22, 1938 – December 23, 2020 On Wednesday, December 23, 2020, Mr. Edward James Schanuel of Oliver passed away after a long illness at the age of 82 years. He was predeceased by his father Anthony Schanuel; mother Juanita McGinness; sister Viola and son Alan. Edward will be fondly remembered by […]

No breakouts No fires Just a complaint from inmate Morgan Griffith at the Okanagan Correctional Centre at Oliver about the meals he was served and his desire to have kosher food. His complaint went to the BC Human Rights Commission. “While Mr. Griffith references his religion in his Complaint, the evidence before me on this […]

Well the checkerboard signs points to the end of the  road for the year twenty twenty.  This was like a rodeo ride that never ended.  So what did we learn from it all? First, we learned the world is not our oyster as the saying goes. Like spoiled children many found it hard to accept […]