Photo by Ed Dukes

Jazz Out West For a number of years now, this group of largely Western-Canadian musical friends has played at many clubs, private events, concerts and social gatherings.  They have also returned each year – by invitation – to Club Med, Columbus Isle on the Bahamas island of San Salvador for a two-week winter engagement. The […]

More roadwork and compaction at the Quail’s Nest Art Centre in Oliver. Paul Johnson Contracting placing road crush in a pit/landing south the “Big Blue” building – finishing off a summer project of improving the road/parking surfaces in a green fashion. All surfaces porous to rainwater, no concrete or asphalt with good weed-control.

Pictured Sally Franks, Darcel Giesbrecht, and Tara Hovanes at Inniskillin – having a taste of something new, something sweet – 2011 Riesling Icewine *(New release: Inniskillin Okanagan 2011 Riesling Icewine)

Found this full grown Ground Mantis crawling on my wall outside. Or at least I think it’s the Okanagan native mantis, Litaneutria minor. Photo and story by Sheryl Parolin

Join Hester Creek next Thursday the 23rd of August as they welcome country star Lisa Brokop and her husband Paul Jefferson and special guest Jaclyn Guillou. After Lisa had a successful career as a solo artist she married a Nashville local Paul Jefferson. Lisa and Paul met at a coffee shop in Nashville and after starting to […]

3 rd place finisher in her class (women 50+) Kersten Grant of Oliver who participated along with 25 thousand others in the Wipro San Francisco Marathon July 28. The course a gruelling 26.2 miles competing against 114 other competitors. Picture taken at Oliver Tennis Courts. Local tennis player Greg Smith saying the club is proud […]