Farmers’ Market Vendor of the Year (farmer): Forbes Family Farm (Gord and Steve Forbes)  Penticton and Kelowna summer markets Top of the class – BC Association of Farm Markets – annual meeting held last weekend in Kimberley Forbes Farm of Oliver was named vendor of the year in the farmer category. Brothers, Gord and Steve […]

The Honorable Lana Popham B.C. Minister of Agriculture I have been asked a number of questions relating to the effect the proposed national park reserve (NPR) will have on various local farms in the South Okanagan that will be engulfed or boarder on this project. I have gone through much of the material available and […]

Battlefield Fight Leaque 60 Marlan Hall vs Casey Oleary Amateur Title Fight Saturday March 16 in Coquitlam    

Are you paying any attention to the election? No – not that one. That one is simple: the writ drops, 42 days later people vote, and the next day there is a ‘new’ government. Maybe not totally new, but different in some way(s) – major, minor, or many. And life goes on. The other one. […]

The Canada National Parks Act establishes the core mandate for the places we consider most special. The dedication clause in that law has not changed since 1930 in spite of numerous other changes to the law that gives our parks their existence. That’s no accident; it defines what Canadians want their parks to be. “The […]

  Water Matters Rise and Report At the March 11th closed meeting, Council resolved to release the legal opinion regarding the Role of Water Councillors at the Council table. After further discussion, Council will now allow Water Councillors to attend open meetings with the jurisdiction to participate in water matters only and remain at the […]

  You people think I am just an ugly duck – ling or a small motor boat Quit polluting my habitat     ,,,,,, will ya?

New Executive Director and Curator for the ODHS Oliver & District Heritage Society (ODHS) has some new and returning faces this year. Julianna Weisgarber was selected as the new Executive Director and began her new role on January 2nd. Julianna previously worked as the ODHS Collections Manager, and spent four years training and supervising staff […]