To: Editor – Oliver Daily News From: Tim Garrish The negative reaction to the recent NEB decision to allow the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and with it one additional tanker a day in the BC coastal waters is off base. If the opponents are truly concerned for the health of the orca population you would […]
Better air service for Okanagan/Kootenays – essential
by Richard Cannings – MP for South Okanagan-West Kootenay On February 14th, Air Canada gave Penticton fliers a Valentine’s Day present—they announced that this spring they would be switching out the old Dash 8 aircraft they use now for newer, larger and quieter Q400 planes. That would provide more seats in and out of […]
Park referendum motion looks likely to pass
By ROY WOOD Oliver council is likely to approve a proposal on Monday to urge the federal government to hold a regional referendum on establishing a national park reserve in the South Okanagan. At a meeting two weeks ago, a motion to write a letter to Ottawa asking for a referendum was defeated on […]
by Pat Whalley
THOUGHTS ON SNOW “It’s snowing!” Those words used to instil immediate excitement and joy when I was a child. Waking up to snow was somewhat of an unusual event in northern England. We did get quite a lot of winter weather but it was more often sleet or wet snow that didn’t hang around […]
Premier’s People’s Choice Award
Tony Munday of Munday Media & Design was the successful winner of the Premiers’ People‘s Choice Category sponsored the Government of BC. The Premier’s People’s Choice Award celebrates BC’s amazing entrepreneurs by recognizing a small business that is at the heart of their community. The Premier’s People’s Choice Award is presented to a BC small […]
The Steele report
Last week I read the headline in the Oliver Daily News, this publication asking the question. Is there a housing shortage in the South Okanagan? The only town not experiencing a housing shortage is the ghost town of Barkerville. The truth is there is a housing shortage in BC and many parts of the country. […]
On the Sunnyside
Ductus Arteriosus What in the world is that?? In his book “Soul Survivor”, page 69, Philip Yancy writes about his interview with Dr. Paul Brand where the doctor describes a remarkable, crucial and timely event during the birth of a baby. When a fetus is developing, a bypass vessel called the ductus arteriosus routes […]