This year Halloween is on a Saturday Fall back – Daylight Savings Time ends Sunday morning at 2am November 1st. Are you ready?
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Halloween and Daylight Savings Time
Thanksgiving weekend – travel pictures
Trestle picture and banner Bob Cameron The Kinsol Trestle is a wooden railway trestle located on Vancouver Island north of Shawnigan Lake It provides a spectacular crossing of the Koksilah River. Note: Travel pictures accepted until Saturday 6pm – after that “poof” you will have to wait until next time. *December 27-30″
Vital Signs – Part three
Poverty rates, single parent incomes, food bank usage indicate a growing gap between rich and poor. $34,160 – median, Penticton, after tax income in single parent families just below provincial average. Food bank visits per capita in 2014: Summerland 20, Osoyoos 93, Oliver 17, Keremeos 10, Penticton 2.2 Citizen input: “Food Banks were designed to […]
Connector – show and tell
WINTER TIRES AND TREADS The Winter Tire enforcement signs have been up, on roadways that climb to higher elevations, since October 1st. It is time for all Motorists to ask themselves the question “are my tires good enough to get me safely through a B.C. winter”? The kind of tires we drive on are only […]
Happening Tomorrow
Kismet this weekend
Kismet Estate Winery Wins Big British Columbia Wine Awards Kismet Estate Winery will be celebrating their double platinum and three silver medals winnings in the BC wine awards October 10th and 11th at their winery on Road 20 in Oliver, BC The event will include exotic food and wine pairings and entertainment. The name Kismet […]
Letter to the editor
“Lies, Damn lies, and Statistics”. This quotation has been attributed to Mark twain, but whether he or another is the originator, it could well be from observing the manipulation of public opinion by the proponents of the proposed National Park Reserve. Since the inception of this attempt of expropriation of not only the land base […]