The old shoe game – Penticton Lakers vs SOSS Hornets – accepting the cup Coach Mo Basso and co-captains Malcolm Heinrichs and Gurkamal Dhaliwal Final Score Hornets 69 Lakers 38. SOSS Hornets kept a 30 point lead most of the game. Pictured Honourary Hornet Josh Tester taking a penalty shot in the last half of […]
BCFGA election results – former broadcaster elected chief farmer
Okanagan farmers dumped their leader Vernon grower Jeet Dukhia at the BCFGA convention in Kelowna Saturday. Dukhia, (right) who had been president for 18 months, defeated by Kelowna’s Fred Steele during an election. Steele is a former vice-president of the association, which represents tree fruit growers in the Okanagan and Similkameen valleys. Steele told delegates: “We need a […]
Heather Smith: Dallas Plensky: Lesley Magnus – UBC Sports Hall of Fame
The accumulated members of the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 women’s field hockey teams, which won back-to-back CIS national championships in 1998 and 1999, will enter the UBC Sports Hall of Fame in the Team category. 1998-2000 women’s field hockey The Thunderbirds field hockey team during this two-year period posted identical records of 14-1-1 in each season […]
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Upcycling shop re-opens – twice the space
There was a crowd of browsers and buyers at The Painted Chair, the home of creatively upcycled furniture on 857 Sawmill Rd., Oliver on Saturday February 15th. Reopening their workshop and store into a larger space in the same building was a cause for celebration for staff and volunteers. The expansion allows for a bigger […]
Shooting for a Canada Day opening
Grant Stevely of Dubh Glas distillery at Gallagher Lake stands inside the new facility Saturday. Stevely says equipment being made in Germany has been delayed setting back the project about two months. Plans call an expansion once the new building is up and running. Earlier on ODN The Dubh Glas Distillery – Pictured above the […]