Prohibition on treated effluent now permanent

It’s a done deal. The prohibition on discharging treated effluent into Shuswap Lake is permanent. Following two, two-year temporary prohibitions effected by an order in council, the province has written the permanent prohibition into the The Municipal Sewage Regulations and extended it to White Lake and the portion of Mara Lake... more

An old sailor goes to Afghanistan

VICTORIA – Remembrance Day reveries about the sacrifice of our ancestors weren’t much on my family’s mind this year. My eldest brother landed at Kandahar Air Field some time in the pre-dawn hours of Nov. 11 and spent the day moving... more

• A death-grip on paramedic jobs
• Chinese builders take B.C. wood
• Harper’s vision limited to short-term gains

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Treatment of B.C. paramedics shameful

Shame on the B.C. government for its atrocious treatment of our paramedics and ambulance service as a whole. Essential service, eh? Then why not give them the recognition they so richly deserve? Currently, their pleas have been shoved aside like... more

• Developer replies to Turtle Bay story
• Disrespectful
• Support society asks for support

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Two worlds

Forty-five minutes of highway are a gulf between two very different worlds. A few months ago, I became a crime reporter in Kelowna. My time is now split between the Capital News and the Summerland Review. Travelling back and forth each... more

• The quest for a local apple
• The Den Report, Lions beat 'Riders, now 2-4
• The Den Report, Logan impressing in NFL camp

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