by Okanagan Life | Oct 24, 2013 | 25th Special Edition, Fabulous Features
October 2012 Each net wriggling with sockeye is a triumph. When the population returning to the Okanagan lakes chain reached a critical low in the mid-1990s, no one was sure that the Okanagan sockeye run could be brought back. Yet the fish have finally, miraculously,...
by Okanagan Life | Oct 24, 2013 | 25th Special Edition, Profiles
Winter 1988 Jack Hambleton liked to say that he was self-taught. For an artist to wait for inspiration, he believed, was a waste of time. “One must simply paint and keep on painting,” he told his students “Don’t frame the first thing you paint. Paint and throw away...
by Okanagan Life | Oct 24, 2013 | 25th Special Edition, Fabulous Features
June 2007 BC’s Agricultural Land Reserve is recognized internationally as a progressive tool for protecting farmland and a model for other jurisdictions. But the land it safeguards is increasingly under threat, especially here in the Okanagan. Here’s why we should...
by Okanagan Life | Oct 24, 2013 | 25th Special Edition, Fabulous Features
Spring 1998 • March 2010 1998: Looking for love on the Internet is like patronizing a fantasy singles bar. 2010: Cursor flitting across online questionnaire—hmmm—doesn’t evoke quite the same feeling as candlelight and roses. But in the age of the Internet, online...
by Okanagan Life | Oct 23, 2013 | 25th Special Edition, Fabulous Features
September 2003 Friday, August 22 At 6:00 p.m. we put the September issue of Okanagan Life to bed. Two hours later we were shouting “Stop the presses!’” Gusting winds had suddenly whipped the Okanagan Mountain Park Fire into a frenzy. Flames leaped hundreds of feet...
by Okanagan Life | Oct 23, 2013 | 25th Special Edition, Fabulous Features
Jan/Feb 2007 Name all the athletes who play on elite teams or compete individually at provincial, national and international levels—in more than one sport. Pretty short list? Not if you’re talking Special Olympics. These amazing athletes define the term overachiever....
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