As a boy, growing up on the Wally Smith fruit orchard, I ate all varieties of produce both in season and out of season. The out of season fruit I ate the most was apples. This was before the days of CA storage when all that was available was cold storage or cool storage in […]
Bedard on assignment in Arizona
Photograph by Bernard Bedard Press for larger
Spirit of the Game – Oliver Flyers tourney a great success
Press for larger Osoyoos Desert Dawgs beating Wolf Cub Chargers 8 to 4 in the final game Sunday – part of first annual Oliver Flyers Hockey Tournament and Fund Raiser for “Spirit of the Game” Dinner held Saturday great success. Hockey tournament featured Midway Millionaires, Summerland Canucks, Oliver Flyers, Summerland Culls and the two teams […]
“Spring Bling” by Marion Boyd
Oliver Grandmothers for Africa are presenting a “Spring Bling” sale of new and used jewellery and accessories on Saturday, April 12th from 9 am to 2 pm at the Oliver United Church. All proceeds are donated to the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers’ Campaign to support African grandmothers raising children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. African grandmothers are […]
Measles…by Brenda Shaw
I thought I would share my experiences with the readers on the consequences of not being vaccinated for measles. I was four years old when I got measles and within four days, they had gone into my right ear canal and ruptured my eardrum. I was rushed to the hospital where I spent one month […]
Kingfisher by Colleen Misner
Incola Hotel – only 68 years of life
Supplied by Okanagan Archive Trust Society www.oldphotos.ca C.P.R.’s Incola Hotel, 100 Lakeshore Drive, Penticton, BC. Picture above from 1977 photographer unknown Opened August 19, 1912 Demolished March 31, 1981 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Aks4CN3HQ