Two Okanagan wineries were named Canada’s best at this week’s 2019 national wine awards. Mission Hill Family Estate Winery – West Kelowna was named the 2019 winery of the year, while Moon Curser Vineyards of Osoyoos was named the best performing small winery of 2019. Just over 60 per cent of the entries were from […]

Summer student Sierra Collins on deck The Okanagan and Similkameen Invasive Species Society (OASISS) has launched a citizen science initiative to help monitor for invasive mussels in Okanagan Valley lakes including Osoyoos, Skaha and Okanagan, The society is seeking community members who own private docks on to participate in monitoring for the non-native zebra and […]

EVERYTHING STOPS FOR TEA The English are known as a nation of tea drinkers and, mostly, that is true. Growing up in a typical lower-working-class family, tea was the only beverage served in our home, it was either tea or water. My grandma bought pop, usually Dandylion and Burdock, from the man in a van […]