Interior Health (IH) has declared an outbreak at McKinney Place long-term care in Oliver. Eight residents have tested positive for COVID-19. IH will continue to monitor the situation, while implementing additional infection control and preventive measures. Extensive testing of staff and residents is also underway. To protect the safety of everyone at the home, […]

  Everett Baker won Grand Forks’ council by election The by election held Saturday Councillor-elect Baker with 433 votes compared to 2nd candidate on ballot –  Ian Mitchell with only 228 votes  

A loyal and trusted reader saw this in the Toronto Sun Do you believe this? “As of last count, 70.8% of COVID-19 deaths in Canada have been persons over the age of 80, with the 70-79 bracket accounting for another 18.5%. Those under 40 years of age account for 0.3% of deaths.” Which cohort in […]

AGE…..IT REALLY IS A MATTER OF MIND When do we consider ourselves old? Except from the early morning when I get out of bed feeling arthritic and slightly hung over (having had no wine to cause this feeling), I do not really consider myself old. Sure, my first five minutes of the morning is not […]

Song of Mary Times were tough for the Israelites. It had been over 400 years since the last prophet broke the silence of God. Now God sent the Angel Gabriel to talk to Mary. A teenaged peasant girl at that??!! His message was that Mary would become a pregnant virgin mother. “What?! I’m to become […]

Dale and Fred Okay peeps who is the elf that photo shopped himself into this picture. Thanks to the staff at TBS at the Oliver Place Mall

Anne Farnan – tough to recognize due to the Santa’s Elf costume. Anne and her husband stood in the very cold air outside of Medici’s today, for 4 hours, collecting food and money donations for the Knights of Columbus – Christmas Food Hamper Drive. This is the third year that Anne has done a fundraising […]