We are eating BC pears now. I’m glad we can support the BC growers. The fruit I enjoyed picking most was pears because they were a good size and the trees were not all that high, could reach all the fruit with a 12 foot ladder. In the days before bins, a full picking bag […]
Legion news
CANADA’S LARGEST VETERANS ORGANIZATION Established in 1926, the Legion is the largest Veterans service organization in Canada. With more than 330,000 members , its mission is to serve all Veterans , including Canadian Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police members and their families., to promote Remembrance and to serve our communities and our country. The […]
Last concert of the season – tonight
6:30pm Historic CPR building – bring a chair, admission by donation
YouLearn needs help
School District No. 53 (Okanagan Similkameen) invites applications for a school secretary at YouLearn.ca (Osoyoos) 25 hours per week This is a regular position paying $20.85 per hour plus benefits, 10 months per year on days when school is in session and commencing as soon as possible. Application packages will be accepted until 12:00 […]
Eagle sits by Bernard Bedard
Beauty…..colour on the vine
Photo by Eileen Redding Véraison is a viticulture (grape-growing) term meaning “the onset of ripening”
SO Chamber to hold by-election forum in September
All Candidates meeting Tuesday Sept 10 7 to 9 pm – doors open at 6:30 pm Oliver Community Centre Hall
It’s official – Penticton is now a Kootenay city
New federal electoral maps have been finalized in British Columbia setting the stage for the 2015 election races in each province. In B.C., the commission redrew the map adding six new seats, saying “it could reasonably be anticipated that not everyone would endorse our proposed dispositions.” South Okanagan—West Kootenay and Kootenay—Columbia Mr. Alex Atamanenko (MP […]


