A new food raiser born in Kelowna appears to have followed in the footsteps of the ice bucket challenge and gone viral. Now the giving bug that raised more than 16,000 pounds of food for that city’s food bank has ...
Peachland council cost taxpayers about $122,000 in 2015. The district’s financial statements including remuneration information for elected officials and employees who earn more than $75,000 have been released in accordance with the province’s Financial Information Act. As could be expected ...
Timing is everything to the people who run our nation’s food banks. For Judy Bedford, in her 32nd year as volunteer director of the Peachland Food Bank, realtor Troy Fischer’s donation of $2,250 and a pile of non-perishables the timing ...
The Peachland World of Wheels Show and Shine event has become so popular it can’t grow any bigger. The event, which is celebrating its 19th anniversary in 2016, continues to be one of the largest classic car show and shine ...
It is becoming more difficult all the time for Canadian families to put healthy and satisfying meals on the table. We’ve experienced rising food costs over the past year and this is forecasted to continue throughout 2016. According to the ...
Food trucks may have a place in Peachland’s economy but certainly not along the waterfront. Food trucks are seldom appreciated by storefront restaurants who operate year-round through thick and thin, paying taxes and supporting local charities. Meanwhile the food trucks ...
Food truck operators Brenda Steadman and Brian Desrochers are expressing disappointment after council denied their application to set up shop in town. The owners of the Bourbon Street Barbecue food truck say they would have contributed to Peachland economy and ...
An Osoyoos man who has dedicated his life to “food forestry” by growing healthy and nutritious food and herbs is thrilled to have published a book about his life experience Richard D. Walker is the proud author of Food Forestry ...
The event is billed as “Flaming Hearts,” a Valentine’s Day-themed fundraiser with a three-pronged approach for attracting a crowd. But event organizers Stefan Pimenta and musician Renita Zintel say, first and foremost, the goal is to raise funds for the ...
Ever opened the fridge and found a container that looks more like a science experiment than something edible? Have some cans in your pantry been there so long that the dust on top could be measured in millimeters? With food ...
Food Bank Day in B.C. brought in $630,314. For the 100,086 users of food banks, which includes those on income assistance and people with disabilities, as well as seniors and low wage workers, that amounts to $6.30 per person for ...
Everyone eats comfort food. For many of us it may be traditional or familiar food that we ate in our childhood home. Sometimes we reach for comfort food when we may not even be hungry. That’s because comfort food can ...
While the average 10-year-old child might be saving their allowance and birthday money for the latest iProduct or video game, Makayla Berry practices fiscal responsibility for a different reason. For the past year the Peachland girl has been collecting bottles ...
The Peachland Chamber of Commerce celebrated another fun and successful golf tournament with 66 golfers enjoying a day of golf and dinner at the Summerland Golf Club. Golfers raised approximately $4,000 and a portion of that will go to the ...
