From FB’s Oliver Heritage memories JUNE 16, 2016 The story of my “crazy Uncle Roman Bird” who lived halfway down the steep hillside off of Bellevue Road in Oliver. He was a town character that few he ever met forgot including me. Crazy Roman Bird by Denny Bastian (2012) Crazy Roman Bird, my pseudo Uncle, […]
Flashback – r u interested ?
Don’t call Jack Bennest, 73 years of age, a blogger. He will correct you. “Websites are what they’re called, websites. Blogs, they become just another idiot on the internet,” he said Bennest, a former broadcast journalist with CKNW in Vancouver and CBC in both Vancouver and Edmonton, founded his all-news website a decade ago. Due […]
North East South or West – gas up quick
To help keep people safe and re-establish the movement of critical goods and services following severe flooding and landslides, the Province is taking temporary measures to ensure fuel (gas and diesel) is prioritized for essential vehicles, while keeping it available to British Columbians. Measures to restrict non-essential travel to and from impacted areas are also […]
You can get to the coast
A route to the southern interior of British Columbia is open for goods movement and people travelling for essential purposes only, using Highway 7 and Highway 3. Essential purposes for travel are defined in the Travel Restrictions Order through the Emergency Program Act. Checkpoints will be in place and travel restrictions will be enforced. This […]
The Steele report
As we scan the headlines of the news from day to day we often see stories that we believe have no connection to our lives only to discover they were defining moments that changed all our lives. Today is a day we might not recognize as a catalyst for events yet to unfold. First here […]
Scams of the week
One from Telus ? – home security systems Just got one – arrest warrant issued for me for getting illegal goods at the border. Wow that was a really new one. Can you add anything I still think the telecommunications companies could stop this but refuse to protect their customers relying heavily on obedient customers […]
Note to Terry K
As of Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, 90.7% (4,206,179) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.9% (4,027,146) have received their second dose. 13. 1 % have not 91.2% (3,942,820) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 87.4% (3,782,092) have received […]
The Steele report
When considering the vulnerabilities of public safety and in the public interest we should not use the word “If” when it comes to planning. We should use the word “When” I keep hearing there has never been flooding like this or a storm like this or closed roads like this. Not exactly true but I […]