Will the Snowbirds arrive? Want to arrive in this smoke? Perform in Penticton on Wednesday? If I was a jet pilot I sure would not want to perform without optimum sky-vision. What say you? I watched a bit of the Blue Angels performing on TV in Seattle. Not a great show when you can hardly see […]

” In 2017 the Loon Lake Fire Hall was lost due to a wildfire in BC. Join us in supporting our “Brother’s from Different Mothers” by coming out and raising money to make a donation to the gofundme page that has been created for them. Firefighters and Fire Trucks will be on hand to scrub […]

Water Striders As a child I sometimes watched these spider-like creatures skate across the top of a pond on the farm. I thought little of it besides just assuming they were too light to sink. I knew nothing about the surface tension of water that creates an invisible “skin” as the water molecules at the […]

Two people are in custody after an attempted robbery at an unlicensed marijuana dispensary in Cawston. Police were called to the Amber Light Compassion Society at around 12 p.m. on July 31 for a report of a robbery. Officers arrived and were told that the suspect had fled in a silver VW Golf towards Osoyoos. “Witnesses […]

Members of the community are invited to come to the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO) next weekend on Saturday, August 12, to take in unobstructed views of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower. This special evening is one of the most spectacular meteor events to occur regularly, where it’s common to see 80 meteors an hour! […]

Why The ‘why’ of this and that has become part of the conversation these days. It seems that ‘why’ has become the flavor of the decade. When I ask you ‘why’, I am seeking to understand the reason. Why is this box here? Because I just emptied it and haven’t taken it to the recycle […]