Earle Crescent Rehabilitation – Council directed staff to obtain a full design for the Earle Crescent Rehabilitation project which would include one-way traffic between Veterans and Kootenay Streets, a bumpout and crosswalk at Hillside Street. The tender will be split into two components for funding consideration by Council and staff are to start consultation […]

Board: Jennifer Busmann, Jill Lawson, Carol Sheridan, Ravina Johal, Danielle Hutton, Campbell Kearns, Christopher Temos and Lindsay Odgen Staff: Rhoda Brooks, Jenn Nelson “The Board of Directors is looking to make some strategic changes to operations moving forward. To ensure that the organization can grow in a way that will best benefit our members and […]

My father , Greg Norton,  spent most of his adult life being an outspoken advocate for wildlife and agriculture –  spending countless hours of his own time being our voice in these fields. You could not meet a more passionate or ethical person on either subject. When he passed away in February 2018 –  my […]

Editorial Comment From: South Okanagan Preservation Society  (SOSPS) is following up with the public and media on recent events regarding the proposed National Park Reserve. SOSPS attended a meeting on Feb 25th of various organizations such as the BCWF, BCCA and various national and provincial park administrators. The meeting was a rescheduled event, after Parks […]

Long time resident and retired BC Telephone employee Catherine Joan Potter (nee Leake) died Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at home. Joan was born April 30, 1927 on her parents farm at Aylsbury, Saskatchewan. Joan was predeceased by husband Robert (Bob), son Lee and brother Doug. She is survived by her sons Ross (Sue) and Vance […]

  South side of Rd 9 shown east of Paintbrush Land acquired (bottom) large underground culvert to be installed on both sides of the roadway to empty into River. Would contain water from *Tinhorn Creek and Reed Creek – both of which will form a confluence on the north side of Rd 9. A temporary […]

In anticipation of that possibility lets install some infracture ODN inquired with MOTI and it (they) said yes a cattle guard installed. It left me guessing – prevailing thought that underground culverts are problematic unless fairly large. This unit could be lifted out with a claw at a moment’s notice.

SOCS FINAL CONCERT 2018-2019 SEASON –  Friday, March 29, 2019  South Okanagan Concert Society decided to blow the budget and bring in the irresistible –   Ô-Celli  – cello octet, to complete the 2018-2019 concert season.  That translates into eight (yes 8!) musicians drawn from prominent European orchestras from Paris to Belgium to Britain.  This […]