Kelowna – Kelowna RCMP would like to thank the Kelowna Fire Department for their assistance on Okanagan Lake. On July 19, 2015 at 9:58 pm, the Kelowna RCMP received a report that an intoxicated 19-year-old Kelowna female had gone running into Okanagan Lake. Two local Mounties attempted to rescue the 19-year-old female. The RCMP members […]
Safe for kids – a place – vandalized twice
When I visited today – 19 babies being care for young working mothers. Staff told me that two weeks ago the fenced yard outside was vandalized and it happened again over this last weekend. No fingers being pointed but this damage is really silly: graffiti, ripping up exercise mats, destroying toys for toddlers. RCMP notified, […]
bart monday
A Worship event “for the young at heart” that’s reaching for something deeper & different from our usual church experiences. We’ve all noticed our peers & partners are feeling trodden down / burnt out and strangled by the state of the world, and challenged with embracing a Christian worldview with the financial, domestic & social […]
Lightning strike – grass fire handled quickly
One report today about a small fire on the west ridge north of the Silica Pit. Dispatch to Fairview/Patten/Wilson Rd. With limited amount of smoke firefighters had some difficulty finding it. All is well and Ministry of Forest suppression called off. Thanks to Linda and Bruce Brownstein. The fire near their home. “Thanks to Oliver […]
Interface fires and insurance
As the threat of forest fires continues, Valley First Insurance urges clients to review home insurance policies Penticton, B.C. – With smoke filling the skies above British Columbia and wildfires burning across the province, Valley First, a division of First West Credit Union, is reminding its insurance clients to review their home insurance policies. “The […]
Rural report with Laird Smith
I was about 10 years old when I met Bobby Morgan. He was a nice kid, not mean like some of the other neighborhood boys I had met. Bobby lived across Park Rill on a strip of land squeezed by Island Road and Park Rill. There was a beaver dam right in front of his […]
beach pix
Notices
Parks Meeting re Lion’s Park – public welcome – 5:30 pm to 7pm – 1/3 hall Oliver Community Centre Reception at Quail’s Nest Art Centre – Ripoffs – 6 to 8 pm 5840 Airport Street