I have just finished a tour of the fire area and it is in my opinion now moving into a much more dangerous phase as the properties now threatened are directly in the path, and are for the most part in densely treed and heavy brush areas. These properties are to the south and in […]

Eagle Bluff fire listed as 1250 hectares but likely to be upgraded with movement overnight in the McKinney Mtn Rd (range) 104 Firefighters 13 helicopters 4 skimmers – air support tankers Heavy Equipment – dozers Local fire departments from around the province joining in as well – trucks seen from Merritt and Sicamous. Osoyoos Fire […]

These are new to the listing board as the fire grows – moves south and east above McKinney Rd and Manuel’s Canyon

ODN has learned that more than 100 prisoners housed in Oliver have been transported out over the course of the last three days. There are 394 inmates serving time or on remand in the Okanagan Correctional Centre. Most of those moved are women. Whether this shuffling around will continue is not known. But those moved […]

The average life expectancy for a Canadian is just over 82 years. For those that make it to age 65, your updated life expectancy is around age 85. While it’s nice to see lifespans continually increasing, longer life expectancies do complicate many traditional ways of calculating retirement plans. With retirement phases now being measured in […]