To: Editor  – Oliver Daily News From: Tim Garrish The negative  reaction to the recent NEB decision to allow the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and with it one additional tanker a day in the BC coastal waters is off base.  If the opponents  are truly concerned for the health of the orca population you would […]

by Richard Cannings  – MP for South Okanagan-West Kootenay   On February 14th, Air Canada gave Penticton fliers a Valentine’s Day present—they announced that this spring they would be switching out the old Dash 8 aircraft they use now for newer, larger and quieter Q400 planes. That would provide more seats in and out of […]

  By ROY WOOD Oliver council is likely to approve a proposal on Monday to urge the federal government to hold a regional referendum on establishing a national park reserve in the South Okanagan. At a meeting two weeks ago, a motion to write a letter to Ottawa asking for a referendum was defeated on […]

THOUGHTS ON SNOW                          “It’s snowing!” Those words used to instil immediate excitement and joy when I was a child.  Waking up to snow was somewhat of an unusual event in northern England.  We did get quite a lot of winter weather but it was more often sleet or wet snow that didn’t hang around […]

Tony Munday of Munday Media & Design was the successful winner of the Premiers’ People‘s Choice Category sponsored the Government of BC. The Premier’s People’s Choice Award celebrates BC’s amazing entrepreneurs by recognizing a small business that is at the heart of their community. The Premier’s People’s Choice Award is presented to a BC small […]

Last week I read the headline in the Oliver Daily News, this publication asking the question.  Is there a housing shortage in the South Okanagan?  The only town not experiencing a housing shortage is the ghost town of Barkerville.  The truth is there is a housing shortage in BC and many parts of the country.   […]

  Ductus Arteriosus What in the world is that?? In his book “Soul Survivor”, page 69, Philip Yancy writes about his interview with Dr. Paul Brand where the doctor describes a remarkable, crucial and timely event during the birth of a baby. When a fetus is developing, a bypass vessel called the ductus arteriosus routes […]