Wonderful work John Chapman
On the Sunnyside
News Anyone? Angels proclaimed ‘good news of great joy’ to the shepherds. What was so great about this news? I watched our TV news recently … again! Several times I’ve felt like not watching the news anymore because it is mostly bad news. Murders, drug deals, overdoses, protests, corruption, war, robberies, accidents, fires, earthquakes and […]
2 kitty cats
“a very handsome lynx or bobcat that our dog ‘Maisie’ coached into a tree on the east side river trail just north of town The little beastie has a bob tail so I am pretty sure it is not a big house cat” – Don Prokopetz Submitted by Pat Monahan
Think about it – with Joseph Seiler
Side The side of something or someone is a part that is not on the mainline or main direction. To side with someone is to stand near them as a supporter or to speak out for them or their ideas. In sports there are two teams that are referred as opposite sides. If I am […]
A prairie Christmas by Brenda Shaw
It was Christmas Eve, 1920….four little boys anxiously awaited the arrival of their father who had gone to town in Forestburg, Alberta. A real prairie blizzard had started up; the windows were frosted over and the wind was howling. The little boys ran up the steep staircase to look out of the upstairs hall window. […]
Merry Christmas from MP Dick Cannings
The House of Commons has risen for the Christmas break and I’m certainly happy to be home for the holidays. This season will be especially eventful for my family as we are traveling to New Zealand for my son’s wedding—but we’ll also be taking part in the usual Christmas traditions that every family has. My […]
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23 year old – Christmas dinner in Kamloops jail – more charges
What was billed as a bail hearing in Penticton provincial court turned out to be a venue for three new charges against Dillan John Andre Cote, of no fixed address – captured by a swat team last week after a tear gas canister was lobbed into an Oliver home. Judge Gail Sinclair presiding, Duty Counsel Robert […]