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B.C. student and 4-H youth invited to enter the cooking Challenge

People can just show up at clinics, register on the spot and get the shot

The North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Association (NTFFRA) advise they applied last spring for a New Horizons For Seniors grant, and that part of their successful application was to request funding so they could pay the rental fee for Barriere Community Garden plots being utilized by seniors. The grant also provided for the cost of purchasing flowers and vegetables to help those folks to get their garden plots off to a good start.

A new month - new COVID rules - a new start. For the first time this year the ladies gathered on the patio at Chinook Cove to dine, share stories, hear jokes and hand out prizes on the evening of Tuesday, June 1.

The North Thompson Fall Fair Drive Thru scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 4, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. is excited to announce this year they will be holding three contests for area gardeners to participate in.

Are you ready to ‘Crack the Case’ at the Barriere Library?

“At the turn of the century, when so many families were leaving the British Isles to colonise the Empire as it was then known (now the Commonwealth),” wrote Colleen Pearce (Milsom) in a letter to Ruth Smith ( Slavichak ) dated May 1, 1973. “Sidney Milsom left England with his friend Douglas Foxwell to start a new life in Canada. They arrived in 1911 and purchased land in the Barriere Valley, with the idea of growing fruit and selling lumber.

Dr. Albert de Villiers was arrested on two Alberta charges in Kelowna on Tuesday

Dr. Albert de Villiers is charged with sexual assault and sexual interference

Dr. Albert de Villiers was arrested in Kelowna on two Alberta charges