Here are just a few of the cars on display at the World of Wheels car show on now:
World of Wheels is on!
How to grow prize-winning vegetables
Tami Theriault Peachland Fall Fair Well, who would have guessed we would have snow this late in May? Although it may be too chilly to have your tender plants outdoors, it is important that you get growing – particularly your ...
World of Wheels is happening on Sunday!
Sunday, May 22 – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Beach Avenue – downtown Peachland PARTICIPANTS Registration starts at 7 a.m. and ends at 10:30 a.m., rain or shine (no vendor entry after 10 a.m.). Registration tables are set up on ...
Recycle BC decision to make
Joanne Layh Should we stay or should we go? That’s the question Peachland administration and the RDCO will ask of council this summer, when the regional district reaches the deadline to decide if their current partnership with Recycle BC should ...
Is it time for the federal government to end vaccine passports?
Dan Albas MP Back in January of 2021, when the idea of a “vaccine passport” first emerged that would prevent unvaccinated citizens to travel and have access to various public amenities and services, the idea was strongly opposed by PM ...
Second Peachland pop-up planned
Joanne Layh If all goes well a second pop-up recycling depot will take place in Peachland later this year following the success of the recent first-time event that attracted over 150 participants. Glass, foam packaging and other flexible plastics are ...
Heritage Park washrooms: what about functionality?
Dear editor: It seems that the only thing we are talking about these days in Peachland is the potential washroom building currently sitting, unused, at the south end of Beach Avenue. It certainly seems to have given new life locally ...
Peachland keeps tax increase to 2.27 per cent
Double digit increases from some other tax authorities Joanne Layh Peachland property owners are looking at a 2.27 per cent municipal tax hike for 2022, which amounts to $32.75 for an average single-family dwelling. In addition, an average single-family dwelling ...
Little opposition at public hearing for Todd’s development
Joanne Layh Only a handful of Peachland residents came to have their say at a public hearing held on Tuesday evening for the redevelopment of the Todd’s RV site. The hearing, which wrapped up in around 40 minutes despite including ...
New plaque presented to Legion
Sneak peak at new art banners
Sell the monstrosity and install a crosswalk
I will begin by saying that I am extremely disappointed with council’s decision to not support a motion to defer the spending of an additional $40,000 to build stairs to the washroom at Heritage Park that has already cost $100,000. ...
Interior Health waives washroom requirement
Joanne Layh District staff efforts to persuade Interior Health to back down on their requirement for a washroom adjacent to the splash pad in Heritage Park have finally paid off. This afternoon the municipality issued a press release stating that ...
More doctors or free pharmacare?
Dan Albas MP If you are in public office, “polls” are increasingly part of the territory. Governments themselves increasingly pay for polling data. In 2020 it was revealed that the Trudeau Liberal Government had tripled its spending on polls. One ...
New plaque to be presented at cenotaph ceremony tomorrow
Joanne Layh The Peachland Historical Society has organized a small ceremony at the cenotaph, where they will be presenting a new First World War interpretive plaque to Peachland Legion Branch #69 tomorrow at 11 a.m. When the First World War ...