Barry Gerding

2 weeks ago | pentictonwesternnews.com | Barry Gerding

Central Okanagan school trustees grappled with the final wording of the Central Okanagan Board of Education's recent public statement on Indigenous sovereignty. At the June 11 board of education meeting, the trustees were presented with a resolution to a statement voted on in-camera and released to the public earlier this month.

3 weeks ago | vernonmorningstar.com | Barry Gerding

The Friends of the South Slopes maintenance site has been given a boost. The site facility, on Stewart Road West in Kelowna at the entrance to Myra Bellevue Provincial Park, has seen the culmination of a two-year project to be equipped with electricity.

3 weeks ago | pentictonwesternnews.com | Barry Gerding

The Friends of the South Slopes maintenance site has been given a boost. The site facility, on Stewart Road West in Kelowna at the entrance to Myra Bellevue Provincial Park, has seen the culmination of a two-year project to be equipped with electricity.

3 weeks ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Barry Gerding

A cancer diagnosis is an emotional and physical health setback for anyone. Nobody knows this better than Ron Roy, who at the age of 80 has faced that diagnosis twice in his life for prostate cancer in 2011 and lung cancer in 2022. "I am grateful to still be alive today but the anxiety I faced with my first diagnosis..after learning about it from my doctor I went home and my heart was pounding that night," Roy recalled.

3 weeks ago | pentictonwesternnews.com | Barry Gerding

A new technology tool has been adopted by the Okanagan Basin Water Board to provide real-time monitoring information about stream water levels across the Okanagan. Called the Environmental Flow Shiny App, the device will help water decision-makers access up-to-the-minute information, updated every 15 minutes, to assess stream health and ensure conditions are suitable for area fish populations.