Our family got the letter too. The kids’ doctor – who we counted ourselves so lucky to find after going the walk-in route for years (no fun when you have two little ones), is moving from Beach Avenue Medical to ...
Still cold: My first Peachland polar dip
Kristen Friesen, Editor They were dressed in a variety of robes and Santa hats and crowns. To my left was some guy in a pirate costume and on my right, Superman was giving me some last-minute advice. I couldn’t help ...
Editorial: All the grip n’ grins
The time has come! Hopefully, the gifts are wrapped, family and friends are about to arrive, and your home is full of good food, treats and tidings of the season. Call it holiday kitsch, but we’re feeling all sorts of ...
It’s a Winter wonderland
Christmas is not cooking a turkey in 37C heat. Nor is it a lack of decorations, or a Charlie Brown tree – or something that looks even worse than that. Christmas, according to Dave and Beverley Winter, is about thousands ...
Editorial: Peachland Elementary a tech hub for kids
Ozobots, Osmos, Mindstorm, 3D printers and EZ-Robots – you may not know what any of these things are, but ask any kid at Peachland Elementary, and you’ll get an excited earful. In less than a year, and under new principal ...
Editorial: Need for speed on Beach?
How fast do you drive on Beach Ave? After posting a quick survey on our Peachland View Facebook page, I was expecting more speed demons to come out of the woodwork. As I write this, 137 people say they go ...
Are you bad with names too?
To the lovely woman who introduced herself, sat in my office and gave me a carton of beautiful fresh eggs on Friday: I’m sorry. And to the man who emceed last Thursday’s Rotary meeting and was kind enough to introduce ...
New editor, new Peachland View
Change: It’s constant, unavoidable and its winds can be welcome and warm, or bitingly uncomfortable. Writing this from the little Peachland View house, leaves are dropping as I mull over the past few weeks. Anyone else have an election hangover? ...
Letter: Thank you Peachland
Dear editor: I would like to thank all of Peachland for voting on Saturday. I would really really like to thank 796 new friends who voted for me. I feel very humbled. I will continue to fight for safer Drought ...
Letter: New council will be like old one
Dear editor: The Peachland election certainly was an interesting one. Strong views and some conflict were mixed with good ideas and suggestions for change. We have witnessed a community that is divided on a major issue; some would say that ...
Letter: How bout that recount
Did you know . . . • When the validation procedure of the ballots was conducted by Polly Palmer, Director of Corporate Services, on Monday morning there was no outside impartial or judicial representative observing this process. • When Mayor-Elect ...
A Comment from the Publisher of The Peachland View
In the October 26 edition of the Peachland View editor, Dan Walton’s column proposing that people “break the rules” to decide the outcome of the recent Peachland mayoralty election. Mr. Walton’s opinion in no way represents the view of Aberdeen ...
Letter: More Cindy please
Dear editor: I support our Mayor Cindy and admire her strength to do what is right for Peachland. Our city has faced many storms and challenges in the last few years and Cindy has steered the ship rightly and honourably. ...
Letter: Vote against FOBA’s endorsements
Dear editor: In what a world do we live where approximately ten individuals, the self-proclaimed leaders of a local interest group tell us voters how to vote. Since the inception of this group, negativity has ruled. Don’t be fooled; they ...
Letter: Most important election in Peachland’s history
Dear editor: Peachland citizens now have a chance to elect a Mayor that will treat our community with honesty and respect. Not a Mayoral candidate that will make our town the laughing stock of Canada such as the 2016 fiasco ...