Joanne Layh The TNI Chamber 2.0 building was broken into sometime Thursday night or early Friday morning. This writer arrived at work this morning to find the door frame of the Peachland View office damaged and the door left open. ...
Growing up in Peachland during periods of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s the answer to “where do you live?” was either “up the hill” or “downtown,” and when it came to district government spending all areas were treated equally. Today ...
Eric Hall Peachland View Yes, that was the name of a comedy movie starring Canada’s own John Candy. It was a funny movie but it also highlighted some important issues with travel. Since the View’s editor, Joanne, is on the ...
Calvin the Newshound Frens. I can hear from far away and everywhere I go, people are talking about plastic. Single use plastic bags and straws aren’t allowed in a lot of places, like Montreal, Victoria and Hawaii. The prime minister ...
The Hearts Festival started on Monday at the Peachland 50-plus Activity Centre with a concert by the Peachland Variety Singers, led by Phyllis Papineau. The Artisans Showcase is at the Community Centre on Saturday, Feb 15 and Sunday, Feb. ...
I understand there is turmoil reference the firing of Don Cherry. I wanted to write in and say my piece. I believe Don is a true Canadian. I understand that he sometimes goes overboard with what he says but he ...
Bus service between Peachland and Penticton could be closer to becoming a reality. Earlier this year the new transit route 70 bus began travelling from Penticton to Kelowna, making stops in Summerland and West Kelowna (where the bus terminates, and ...
Retirement is at least 20 years away for me, but I can’t help worrying sometimes that lifestyle creep (when a person’s standard of living improves as their income rises) might be putting my final years at risk. If that happens, ...
Last weekend the Peachland Riding Club hosted our 12th annual High School Rodeo, which saw excellent participation with 67 high school and junior high competitors from as far north as Quesnel and as far south as Courtenay on Vancouver Island. ...
On the morning of Thursday, Oct. 3 federal election hopeful Allan Duncan discovered that three of his political signs were spray painted in black with the word “fascist?” on each side. Duncan is the People’s Party of Canada candidate for ...
Most of us wait until new year’s to make resolutions, but fall might be a better time to make self-improvement plans. Setting new year’s resolutions at the beginning of January is setting yourself up for failure. It’s cold and it’s ...
Have you ever wanted to volunteer with an organization that has a positive impact on the lives of others? If so, we may be a perfect fit. Here at the 50+ Activity Centre we do just that, by providing programs, ...
Peachland won’t have a rainbow crosswalk, at least not until members of council are able to convey a clear rationale to their constituents about why the community should have one. That’s what members of council decided at Tuesday’s committee of ...
A grass fire along Highway 97 on Drought Hill was quickly contained Thursday afternoon, thanks to fast acting witnesses, including an Approved Services driver who used his vehicle’s load of water to extinguish the fire. A call for the grass ...
The single most important decision affecting the future of Peachland is about to be made: will Highway 97 be four-laned through Peachland or will one of two alternate routes will be selected? Since 2015 the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure ...
