OSOYOOS TODAY
A pleasure to meet publisher Andrew Stuckey at the Osoyoos event today. Enthusiastic audience and a reason to return to the South Okanagan. How great is that?
A pleasure to meet publisher Andrew Stuckey at the Osoyoos event today. Enthusiastic audience and a reason to return to the South Okanagan. How great is that?
Join me at the Okanagan’s premier independent bookstore, Mosaic Books, on July 30. Drop by for a chat about Emily Carr’s epic travels throughout British Columbia and why I think she’s such an important role model for us today. Mosaic Books, 411 Bernard Avenue, Kelowna.
When family commitments sidelined all hope of a warm southern getaway, I didn’t despair — though that great honkin’ snowstorm in January prompted a tiny twinge of jealousy for all my absent neighbours. Still, I figured if thousands of people travel to my home patch for their vacations every year, surely I could come up with a suitable break right here in the Okanagan. (more…)
McIntyre Bluff is named for old-timer “Uncle Pete” McIntyre, who lived at the foot of the cliffs; but the face in the rock isn’t Uncle Pete, it’s known as “The Chief.”
Whenever I drive along Highway 97 between Vaseux Lake and Oliver, I hope the light will be just right to bring out his enormous features. I’ve never found a specific connection between the monolithic chief and local First Nations, although the bluffs themselves figure in a ghost story. (more…)
You find vestiges of empire in the strangest places. As a huge history buff, I’m all in favour of names that relate to the heritage of an area, be they aboriginal or settler. But I was left scratching my head just a little over the origins of a landmark familiar to Lake Country residents and anybody else who regularly drives Hwy 97 between Kelowna and Vernon. (more…)