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Fairview Cellars in Oliver is a prime example of succession planning done right.
Friday the 13th is unlucky — you drew Miller Time as the daily column. I’ll leave black cats, hockey masks and sidewalk cracks out of my writing today.
Delivering on a campaign promise, the Liberals were eager to begin implementing policies that addressed growing income inequality in Canada. After all, the middle class is disappearing, and working Canadians are falling further behind each year as the wealthy grow more rich.
Last week while shopping at Costco, I had a panic attack while riding on one of their scooters. Using those machines is a wonderful way for those with mobility problems to get about in that enormous store.
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Home show too expensive
Who would want to lead the Conservative Party?
As a travel writer, I have been invited to attend a tourism mart in India in May. With profound regret, I had to decline the invitation as I have adopted a self-imposed boycott of India in protest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s anti-Muslim policies.
According to the OECD’s comparative statistics, Canada spends a higher proportion of GDP, at almost 11%, on health care than Japan, the Euro area, the U.K., and Australia and New Zealand.
I was added to a new group chat last week and it soon lit up with activity.
Jen Oishi’s mom loves the Pinot Gris and her mother-in-law is partial to the rose.
Dear EDITOR: Why are mom’s invaluable, special and deserving of at least a special day honouring mothers?
Small stories open up into bigger stories. The CBC’s Go Public series investigated a small incident where an Uber driver called one of his passengers by the N word.
With the creation of a new federal electoral riding in B.C., it appears the metropolis of Penticton will soon be part of two ridings thus meaning residents on one side of Main Street will vote for different candidates than their neighbours across the street.
Recently, I listened to a caller, on the local open-mouth program, complain about being stuck in traffic on the Bennett bridge.
This tale is true, sort of.
Dear Editor: A recent poll of Kelowna residents indicates over 50% of respondents believe Canada is doing enough to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
A blizzard of data from the 2021 census has spelled out some important facts that many of us may have never considered seriously — if at all.
Kelowna must put a stop to this highrise madness
Last weekend I conducted a celebration of life service for a member of our church who passed away 12 months ago.
Chain Reaction is one of those triple-whammy names.
Sweden is building a road that recharges batteries on an electric bus, as the bus passes over it.
Kathy Pierre, rural trustee for the Okanagan Skaha School District, has announced she won’t seek re-election in October. Pierre, who knocked off a longtime incumbent by 11 votes in the 2018 election, did a superb job — very thorough, well researched and she delivered positive change to the board.
Courses should supply golf carts for paraplegics
Heat pump wasn’t able to do the job in sub-zero weather
Dear Editor: Eating in a small family-type restaurant is one of my favourite things to do. It may not happen often but when it does I enjoy it to the fullest. So a week or two ago I found myself seated in a smallish “eatery” where I could enjoy a simple menu, nice surroundings and a spatteri…
Easter Sunday was a glorious, near-perfect calm and sunny day and the editorial “we” went fishing, plural.
Apparently, there are some in Ottawa who think inducing a recession by setting an ever-higher policy interest rate is the most effective way to reduce the current rate of inflation. If this were a competition, such an approach would take the cake as stupid economic strategy.
Russian murders are a crucifixion
We are so fortunate to live in this beautiful valley and in our truly magnificent province.
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“Drink beauty” is written four times in stylish cursive on the foil around the elegantly tapered neck of the Gancia Prosecco Brut ($26) bottle.
Dear Editor: Earth Day was a time to plan for climate-friendly actions we can take moving forward and reflect on what we are doing or have done. At Studio9 School of the Arts we constantly discuss and plan for Earth-friendly activities or initiatives. To date Studio9 has undertaken a substan…
Pierre Poilievre’s suggestion to defund the CBC borders on extremism.
We travel to work, we travel to shop – that’s a real waste
Germany needs Canada’s oil and gas
Four ways luxury is being redefined in the Okanagan
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My church friend Ann works for a local funeral parlour. Parlour is the old name for sitting room, or living room. Now such establishments are called not dead rooms, but funeral homes.
Dear Editor: Perhaps it’s my age that has, somewhat, tainted my tolerance for ignorance and idiocy. With regards to the letter by Gary Young, April 16 (“Climate change used as a political excuse”), in which he states that a god is responsible for the placement of products such as gasoline, d…
It may not seem like a lot, but cannabis was mentioned a total of nine times in the 2022 federal budget document.
The Conservative Party of Canada is in the process of selecting a new leader and I think it involves a choice between the 19th and 21st centuries.
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In effect, you can crack almost any wine this Easter and be a vinous genius.
Is nothing sacred in what’s supposed to be the timeless game?
Okanagan MPs are suckers for Poilievre’s crypto cures
As is frequently the case, the recent federal budget is mainly a political document laying out the principal focus of the government in Canada. And Chrystia Freeland provided exactly that last Thursday.
Tolko site should become a park
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Blue Mountain Vineyard and Cellars in Okanagan Falls will not make any 2021 vintage wines because grapes grown on its 31-hectare estate show smoke taint.
Penticton Herald readers were disappointed we didn’t feature our usual April Fool’s gag on page 1 last Friday.
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