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 […]
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Australian wild fire management team – in control in SO
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. […]
Rant – please do not read – lol
Some out there in the ‘ether’ want to know – is ODN gone, sick, in hospital WHAT? Effective June 30th – Oliver Daily News became a public service not a commercially funded site. The ten year hoola hoop, a one off that appears not to be run by any other than the “mad hatter” is […]
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Strap yourself in
There is a lot of animosity out there for the so-called anti-vaxxers, those adults who refuse to accept the COVID-19 shots. Apparently, they are the ones who are now filling up emergency rooms and hospital beds in the Interior Health Region, which is now officially in the fourth wave. This to the detriment of scheduled […]
by Daniel Cody O’Connell
Pink Ghost flowers. Been fighting forest fire all summer. I was Cutting Fire Guard in Revelstoke BC, I came across some Ghost flowers. Made for a cool picture, apparently the pink and red varients are actually quite rare. Wanted to share a cool plant I’ve only ever seen a couple times in my life.
Randy Toor to plead quilty in November ?
Toor, is facing 18 counts of providing or attempting to provide counsel to misrepresent, 10 counts of owning a firearm without a license or registration and one count of owning an unauthorized non-firearm, is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 4th, with an intention of pleading guilty according to court documents. His […]