How to save on a byelection

In November of 2015, newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote an open letter to Canadians.

By far the largest consumption of natural gas occurs in the northern portions of the Northern Hemisphere. This is where the location away from the warmer southern climates, and the location in the interior of large land masses, result in large consumptions of natural gas for heating.

Pandemic mismanagement

Occasionally I buy a Saturday edition of a Vancouver paper just to see what is happening in the city where I lived, off and on, for over 20 years.

Our Rotarians helped build Skaha Park

When community relations manager Debra Saunders was working on bios for the Summerland Seniors Village newsletter, she spent significant time interviewing Les Johnson, a long-time Summerlander who had recently celebrated a milestone birthday.

What does it feel like, to live in fear? Not the short-term fear, that an oncoming car won’t stop in time. The long-term, constant fear that you, through no fault of your own, are a target for violence. Just because of who you are.

IH boss earns $350K annually

As we think about the message of Easter, let me share a couple of illustrations that Christians believe about Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday.

We are going to be paying more to heat, eat and drive to work.

With Mars now the most intensively explored planet in the Solar System after ours, it is not surprising that we are continually having to review our ideas and preconceptions.

What a great gift, pleasant surprise

The District of Summerland announced the receipt of a $625,000 grant from the federal “Build Back Better” fund presented in the fall Economic Statement 2020.

Osoyoos facility can help house homeless

If we are ever going to defeat COVID-19, then — in essence, we have to vaccinate at least 80%, but hopefully more, of the world’s population. 

He poked his head through my office door, back in the days when I still had an office. “Can we talk?” he asked.

It all began with a conversation on The Cannery’s patio.

Risks and rewards, a magical solution

With COVID now entering Year 2, Interior Health and the Ministry of Health have one important job to do — get the people of British Columbia vaccinated.

Over days, stresses had been building up in a big magnetic loop extending upward from the surface of the Sun. The solar wind, flowing outwards at hundreds of kilometres a second was dragging it upwards, stretching it.

Regular letter writer says a final goodbye

Last weekend, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh presented the NDP’s plan to help young people thrive instead of being buried in student loan debt.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: The following letter dated March 20, 2021 was supplied to The Herald by the author in response to our article "RDOS urged to ‘respect’ community, reconsider park name" (Herald, March 20). This letter is appearing online as it exceeds the 400-word limit for our print edition.

The good, the bad, the ugly of COVID

The attorney-general is supposed to be the least controversial of cabinet posts – a position demanding the disinterested mien of someone impervious to political winds or vested interests.

Canada’s two top military officers, General Jonathan Vance and Admiral Art McDonald, are under investigation for charges of sexual misconduct.

A couple of years ago, I had the great pleasure and privilege to hike the West Coast Trail; it is a wonder of a trail, a rugged and isolated path.

A solution for Victory church

In previous media releases Interior Health has stated publicly that the move to repatriate the contracts from Pathways was part of a larger plan throughout the province and not due to any lack of services that Pathways has provided.

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Penticton has done its share, Eby hasn’t

Addiction is a complex health condition that can devastate people, families, and communities and Interior Health is working to address these challenges as the understanding of mental illnesses and substance use disorders continues to evolve.

Many of us are captivated by the bizarre political drama currently playing out below our southern border.

Pathways saves lives and families

This week, directors with the Regional District Okanagan Similkameen will receive a first draft of a new communications policy. Included is who should be the official media spokesperson for the board.

Will all Pathways’ clients receive help?

EDITOR'S NOTE: In recognition of St. Patrick's Day, we are running this excerpt from a novel by Penticton writer Russ McDevitt. McDevitt was born in Ireland and is proud of his Irish heritage.

In October, I wrote about the proposed ban of some single-use plastics announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Opposed to project on Jubilee Road

I am dreading a possible federal election in the next few months. Why? Well, the choices are not very exciting.

The current controversy in Summerland is the “green washing” of the $7 million proposed solar array. What seems to have been lost in the discussion? The fact is Summerland is lucky to be able to consider an alternative energy project because it owns its electrical utility.

This newspaper runs a daily feature, Today in History. It lists significant events that have happened on this particular day, long ago.

I grew up on the edge of a sprawling conurbation in Birmingham, England. If I stood on a local hill and gazed to the east, I would see the neon orange lights of endless back streets and factories of the industrial heartland — the pumping heart of a nation. As its arteries zigzagged out to th…