The Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure is undertaking Flood Mitigation works on Road 9. This work will require the closure of Road 9  from March 11th through March 16th from Paintbrush Road to the Okanagan River.   Access will be accommodated for local residents. Arrangements have been made for school bus access through the site […]

Johnson Rd at Secrest Blue days All of them gone Nothing but blue skies From now on I never saw the sun shining so bright Never saw things going so right Irving Berlin

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Quick Facts: •Interior Health prepares over five million meals a year for patients, families and individuals in need in the community. •For many years, Interior Health has chosen, when possible, to buy food that is produced or processed in B.C., like milk, bread, and seasonal fruit and vegetables. •As part of the Feed BC initiative, […]

No elevated flood risk in Okanagan At this stage in the season there is no elevated flood risk present in the current snowpack across the province. For example, peak flows at the Fraser River at Hope during normal snowpack years range between 7,000 and 12,000 m3/s. While snow is one significant aspect to seasonal flooding […]

Following are some highlights of items discussed at the February 27, 2019 School District No. 53 Board of Education meeting. As many in the district may know, a 13 year-old student from Southern Okanagan Secondary School survived cardiac arrest due to the presence of an AED and the training of PE teachers, Steve Podmorrow and […]

In Loving Memory of Thelma Forty April 28, 1919 – March 1, 2019 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the peaceful passing of our mother, Thelma Forty, on March 1, 2019 at the age of 99, just two months shy of her 100th Birthday, at the Haven Hill Retirement Residence in Penticton, BC. […]