Thanks to Doris Lancaster
Putting a National Park Reserve in context
The South Okanagan Similkameen Preservation Society would like to highlight two events from the previous week that provide some context to the debate about the proposed National Park Reserve. The first was a visit by Premier John Horgan where he stated “We’ve been aware of this for some time, I know I support the community’s […]
The Steele report
It somehow seems strange to me that in a world of expanding possibilities, more and more the citizens of the world isolate themselves. Think about it. We have become fearful of others, fearful of those who are different and as a society we are now afraid of ourselves. In the fifties and sixties we were […]
Drug deaths in BC
The BC Coroners Service has released two updated reports on illicit drug overdose deaths and fentanyl-detected deaths to the end of January 2019. Key findings include: There were 90 suspected drug overdose deaths in January 2019. This is a 31% decrease over the number of deaths occurring in January 2018 (130) and a 22% decrease […]
Small lakes slow to melt
This photo from a commercial jet plane with Dick Cannings on board. You can see the turn at Peachland of Okanagan Lake Skaha Lake and the blob at bottom is actual farmland west of highway 97 before Vaseux Lake Vaseux, Gallagher, Tuc-el-nuit and Osoyoos Lakes are frozen in parts and melting fast.
Part two – Where?
Where?
try this same location
Polls
Pointed out to me that one media outlet not mentioned in last poll – could be a Freudian Slipper. That one taken down – will run a poll for Osoyoos first and then Oliver later in the week Actually designed to find out where readers get their news in South Okanagan We apologize.