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No serious injuries as a result of vehicle rollover on Highway 97 JOANNE LAYH A pair of young women walked away virtually unscathed from a rollover that happened on Highway 97 in Peachland last Tuesday morning.

West Kelowna front line officers came across a single vehicle rollover collision southbound at Highway 97 and Princeton Ave. just after 8:45 a.m.

Two occupants were in the vehicle at the time of the crash, a 21-year-old female driver and a 28-year-old female passenger, both from the Kelowna area.

Both occupants were able to extract themselves from the vehicle with minor inju-

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ries and were treated at scene by Emergency Health Services, RCMP Cst. Solana ParĂŠ said. The occupants of the vehicle said the driver swerved to avoid a hazard on the roadway, resulting in the rollover.

The vehicle, a red Mazda sedan, was extensively damaged and the highway was temporarily closed to remove the vehicle from the road. Traffic was later diverted along Beach Avenue. A power pole and road signs sustained minor damage due to the collision.

According to the RCMP impairment does not appear to be a factor. The investigation remains ongoing.

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Increase in source water turbidity causes district to issue boil water notice JOANNE LAYH Spring freshet is well underway and the associated increase in turbidity in the District of Peachland’s source waters led the municipality to issue a boil water notice Wednesday morning.

Back on April 11 the turbidity in the source waters increased above 1 NTU, causing the dis-

trict to issue a water quality advisory. However, the turbidity has since increased over the 5 NTU threshold, director of operations Shawn Grundy said in a statement issued on Wednesday.

Interior Health recommends that all customers drink boiled water or a safe alternative until further notice. Water intended for drinking, washing fruits or vegetables, making juice or ice, or brushing teeth should be boiled for at least one minute.

Peachland enters into essential services agreement with RDCO communities JOANNE LAYH To ensure that people continue to receive essential services during the COVID-19 pandemic, Peachland council agreed last Tuesday to enter into an essential services agreement with neighbouring regional district communities.

“By ministerial order, the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General has declared that

local governments must exercise ‘best efforts’ to enter into an essential services agreement with neighbouring communities to ensure continuity of essential services during the COVID-19 pandemic,” chief administrative officer Joe Mitchell said at last Tuesday’s council meeting.

Essential services include water, waste water and solid waste infrastructure.

“Any requests for assistance are made by

the requesting CAO to the responding CAO only, so it can’t be done outside of those parties and we would have the ability if we were a responding party to recall our resources at any time if we needed them for any other type of an emergency,” Mitchell said.

If any of the members of the agreement find they are insufficient to provide an essential service, whether actual or imminent, they may request the assistance of anoth-

er party for the purposes of maintaining that service during the COVID-19 pandemic. The requesting party will be responsible for paying the responding party all labour and equipment costs plus all consumable items upon receipt of an invoice. The requesting party would then be responsible for submitting a claim through Emergency Management BC (EMBC) if it is eligible.

West Kelowna man charged under MVA for failure to yield PEACHLAND VIEW A two-vehicle collision occurred on Princeton Avenue at Lakeview Avenue Wednesday morning after a vehicle failed to yield at the intersection.

A silver Nissan sedan failed to yield at the intersection and collided with a south-

bound green Chevrolet van. There were no injuries in the collision and both vehicles were removed from the roadway, said RCMP Cst. Solana Paré.

The driver of the silver Nissan sedan, a 38-year-old male from West Kelowna, was charged under the Motor Vehicle Act for failure to yield.

The accident happened just before 8:40 a.m.

COVID-19: ZipZone season opening delayed until further notice PEACHLAND VIEW Last week ZipZone announced they would be opening for the season on April 18 but that has since been delayed until further notice.

Green Credits Do you Qualify?

You may be eligible for a credit for water consumption costs, if: • Your property is between ½ and 2 acres and does not have farm status; • You grow food for direct human consumption on at least ¼ acre of your property; • You have a water efficient irrigation system in place; • You have a separate meter to record irrigation consumption.

For more information, see ‘Green Credits’ on our website at http://www.peachland.ca/apps.

Applications may be submitted through the mail slot at the District of Peachland office OR via email to corporateservices@peachland.ca.

Applications must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. Monday, June 1, 2020.

“We worked really hard to have our facility available for guests to enjoy after the quarantine period was over, but yesterdays’ announcements by Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier Horgan that the state of emergency is to be extended means we will be delaying our opening,” ZipZone president Kevin Bennett said in an emailed statement.

“We really want to do our bit for the community, and I’m so proud of my staff for pulling out all the

stops to get our park up and running, but we have to honour the quarantine orders. I know that many of our guests will be disappointed, but I hope they will understand.”

Bennett says he will update the community when they know more.

“We would like to thank everyone for their tremendous support and positive messages, and we promise to open for you just as soon as we can,” Bennett stated.

New ticketing measures enforce COVID-19 orders ABERDEEN PUBLISHING Police have been given the authority to issue $2,000 violation tickets for price gouging and the reselling of medical supplies and other essential goods in B.C. during the pandemic.

Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth made the announcement under the provincial state of emergency.

“These orders are not suggestions, they are the law,” said Farnworth. “These measures will provide enforcement officers and police agencies the ability to enforce the law on these criminal acts and despicable practices, like the reselling of medical supplies and price gouging.”

Those with enforcement authority include municipal bylaw officers, liquor and cannabis inspectors, gaming inspectors, conservation officers, park rangers, natural resource officers, commercial vehicle safety officials and sheriffs.

If required, police and other enforcement officers will also be able to actively enforce and ticket those who exceed the quantity limits on the sale of specified items; and those who do not comply with the requirement for hotel and other lodging operators to provide accommodation (at the request of the province) to serve as self-isolation facilities or to support essential workers.

The Province is also working with Consumer Protection BC (CPBC) to keep British Columbians safe from businesses and individuals who are trying to profit from the COVID-19 pandemic. CPBC will be the first and main point of contact for all complaints related to price gouging of essential goods and supplies.

These measures are in concert with the federal government’s announcement that allows local and provincial police forces to issue tickets to returning travellers who do not comply with the requirement to self-isolate for 14 days under the federal Quarantine Act. To report provincial health order violations, contact your local government. Local governments can dispatch bylaw and other compliance officers to follow up on concerns and report appropriately to public health.

To report concerns around price gouging, visit: www.consumerprotectionbc.ca/report-price-gouging/

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Follow the advice of your local public health authority.

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Use alcohol-based hand sanitizer if soap and water are not available.

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OPINION

Which are you finding it harder to live without socializing or working?

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LAST QUESTION RESULTS

Do you think B.C. should go under mandatory full lockdown (ie: staying home except for shopping for essentials or daily exercise)?

261 YES / 280 NO Twyla Jane: Should have done it weeks ago for two weeks.

Heather Lynn: We just need to continue what we’re doing and figure out how to safely open things back up.

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Smoking moistly? Butts pose health risk By now everyone is aware of the COVID-19 epidemic and have a general understanding of how it spreads. Experts suggest the virus can last on surfaces for days.

Social distancing is a precaution to minimize contact with fluids and vapours of other people.

Discarded cigarettes contain such fluids so smokers that simply toss them to the ground are recklessly endangering others. I have seen no reduction in the level of discarded cigarettes lately. I see them on the sides of streets, parking lots, store entrances and pretty well any public place.

Discarding used cigarettes on the ground is a filthy, dangerous habit. Think of how many fires are created by discarded butts. The COVID-19 pandemic makes this even more dangerous. Why do some smokers feel it is their right to contaminate our environment and put other people at risk?

Properly disposing of used cigarettes is not a difficult task. So act responsibly and stop this stupid habit. If you know irresponsible smokers that continue to do this, social shaming might be a way to stop them.

Steve Burke, West Kelowna

Resident contends water quality issues should have been resolved Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Once again to retrieve pee coloured water that if boiled is okay to consume. Really?

And every year you can toss out that boiling pot, as it will never be the same no matter how much you scrub. But seniors who cannot carry gallons or flats of water or perhaps afford them have nothing better to do, so boil away.

We had no idea we would be facing this terrible pandemic threatening us and the water situation is just one more stress that in my mind should have been solved two years prior to this. This is an important issue to many Peachlanders. We are getting too old and tired of this.

Christine Sailer, Peachland

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OPINION

Jumble of wires raises ire of flats resident I am writing in an attempt to draw attention to what is truly one of the most unsightly overhead wiring structures I have only ever seen once before - in a third world country. Yet here it is, in a residential neighbourhood on the flats, in beautiful Peachland.

What were the brilliant engineers and designers of our local telecoms companies thinking when they created this monstrosity? If I was a senior manager at one of these companies, I would be extremely embarrassed to think that this is the best their engineers and linemen can do in a residential neighbourhood.

I recently spoke to one of the telco employees who was standing beside this power pole the other day, making notes. Probably looking for more spots on the pole they could hang more cables from, is my guess?

I asked him why wouldn’t they hang all of this excess equipment and cables off a pole just 50 yards south, hidden in the laneway, where nobody would have to look at this mess? He said they would consider it, if I wanted to pay for the move, which would be around $400,000.

“Gee”, I said. How about they just place it in their budget to move all this down the lane, and charge it to their contingency budget, under major screw-ups?

I currently pay taxes in excess of $4,000 per year and really don’t appreciate the disrespect the telecommunications companies are showing the residents of Peachland. Surely, the District of Peachland planning department can apply some weight to this issue and get this resolved, sooner than later.

The attached picture is from my front porch, on the corner of Lake Ave. and 12th Street, a house I purchased because of it’s corner view of the lake. At the time of our purchase, only about half the lines existed.

R.J. Stedham, Peachland Editor’s note: The District of Peachland’s Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw No. 1956 regulates the location of utilities (i.e. underground or overhead wiring) with new development. Unfortunately, the bylaw does not regulate the aesthetics of existing utility providers.

Full-scale mining poses threat to community Dear editor, Today we received bad news for the Okanagan: a mining outfit, Vancouver-based Flow Metals Corp., is proposing to prospect in the Peachland watershed.

This is the third such mining claim in our watershed.

Exploration and development bring with them the potential to unearth and release uranium and other toxic materials into our water supply no matter how careful the operators claim to be.

Flow Metals Corp. follows on the heels of another Vancouver-based company, Troubadour Resources. Its claim, Amarillo project, is near Glen Lake.

Bitterroot Mines, also Vancouver-based, has proposed work in the Trepanier watershed; Bitterroot’s North Brenda property is located 20 km west of Peachland.

One wonders if all these mining outfits could or would propose to prospect and mine in their backyards, how would Vancouverites tolerate an open pit up Grouse Mountain, mining trucks on Lonsdale or tailing ponds leaching into the Capilano?

Time and very poor track records have proven that the gold rush era practices that regulate B.C.’s mining and energy extraction are lacking.

We know better than to fall for the promises of high paying jobs and community prosperity.

Just look at the ghost towns that pepper our countryside. No wonder the Wet’suwet’en were blockading.

What promises have the three Vancouver based companies made to our local governments?

The other legacy mining left us is fear of disaster; when our kids first attended Peachland Elementary, they had regular ‘duck, dive and cover’ drills to teach children how to muster for evacuations in case the Brenda Mines tailings dam breached and took out Beach Avenue.

The Okanagan is threatened if any of these mines follow through from prospecting to full-scale mining.

The government allows them to leave their garbage when they have finished using our crown land.

While the citizens of this province are forced to pay for reclamation and clean up, we would get fined for leaving a single pop can in the bush.

When the stewardship costs of the future are not paid in the present, this is the delusion of profit and stealing from the future and from our grandchildren benefits no one in the long term.

The people of the Okanagan and our local governments need to have a say over what happens in their jurisdictions, especially when it comes to community

watersheds.

This is the prime use for these watersheds, and only activities that compliment providing water and the other free ecosystem services an intact watershed like water storage, filtration, flood control and biodiversity should be permitted.

Time to write to our MLAs and local elected officials and lobby to change the antiquated ‘strip and ship’ laws that put short term profits of the few over long term health and prosperity of the many.

April 22 is Earth Day. It is past time for our policy makers to act and understand that to have a sustainable province, mining or forestry sector, there must be sustainable forests for the communities that rely on them and the laws to protect both.

Taryn Skalbania, Peachland

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Birds of Peachland - the Osprey Man drives Mercedes into lake PEACHLAND VIEW A 25-year-old male driver and a passenger were sent to hospital for treatment of minor injuries after the vehicle they were travelling in ended up in the lake last Saturday night as the result of a single-vehicle accident.

The driver of the grey Mercedes sedan, believed to be from the Lower Mainland, was reportedly travelling northbound on Highway 97 near Renfrew Road before veering off the roadway and into Okanagan Lake.

The accident happened just after 10:30 p.m.

RCMP Cst. Solana Pare said alcohol and speed are not believed to be factors in the collision.

Stave off the distancing boredom with new online library services MARION HALL The Osprey is a fish-eating bird of prey, plunging feet first for fish. They nest in any location near a body of water that will provide an adequate food supply.

The nest is a large heap of sticks, driftwood and seaweed built in forks of trees, on utility poles or artificial platforms. Ospreys generally mate for life, reaching sexual maturity and begin breeding around the age of three to four. The sexes appear fairly similar, but the adult male can be distinguished from the female by its slimmer body and narrower wings.

If there are no suitable nesting sites available, young Ospreys may be forced to delay breeding. Posts are sometimes erected to provide sites suitable for nest building and to discourage them from using power poles. Such a platform was built on the edge of Peachland just north of where the 97C meets Highway 97.

Nesting females lay an average of three buff-coloured eggs with dark brown speckles. The male devotes most of his time to fishing and is the sole provider for the family during the month of incubation.

Osprey eggs do not hatch all at once. Rather, the first chick emerges up to five days before the last one. The older hatchling dominates its younger siblings, and can monopolize the food brought by the parents. When food is scarce, the first chicks to hatch are most likely to survive. If food is abundant, two out of three chicks are usually able to fly after seven to nine weeks of constant parental care. Both the male and female Osprey feed and care for the young. Their typical lifespan is seven to10 years, though individuals can grow to as old as 20–25 years.

The University of Montana has a ‘Montana Osprey Project’. Their website includes a webcam showing an Osprey nest near Missoula. If you are interested visit allaboutbirds.org/cams/hellgate-ospreys/

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OKANAGAN REGIONAL LIBRARY PEACHLAND BRANCH With the directive from our health authorities and political leaders to social distance and stay at home, access to quality entertainment is needed and the library is here to help. Kanopy, a new streaming service, will be available until May 9 and it offers more than 30,000 of the world’s best films, including award-winning documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles, film festival favorites, and indie and classic films. To get started go to the library webpage at orl.bc.ca and click on the eLibrary link.

The library also offers IndieFlix. There are over 7,000 high-quality shorts, features, documentaries, and classic TV shows. IndieFlix also has film-festival hits from Sundance, Cannes, Tribeca and more.

If music is your interest the library offers Naxos Music Library. It is a collection of many types of music and contains over 135,000 recordings. New recordings are added each month.

As always, the films, music and other digital materials are free to use with your library card. If you need technical assistance with any of these resources it is available from the library webpage by email, live chat and (not quite yet, still working out the bugs) phone.

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COMMUNITY

Purchase gift cards and takeaway dinners to support local businesses

BLISS BAKERY’S BARRY and Darci Yeo (shown left to right).

DARLENE HARTFORD

PEACHLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE We got this Peachland.

It’s predicted that, post COVID-19, the world will not be the same, as we once knew it. While anticipating these changes, how long will it be before one can comfortably shake hands, share a friendly embrace or experience a sit-down dinner in a favourite restaurant?

Will our favourite gathering places reopen and will services, previously taken for granted, still be an option?

The Okanagan is tourism-driven and the survival of many businesses, such as restaurants, is dependant on a seasonal clientele. Restauranteurs look forward to Easter and spring break as their turning point after the quiet low season. This year the loss of those peak times is devastating, for not only their industry, but copious others.

So what do some of our local business owners see in

their future? Darci and Barry Yeo, owners of a chain of successful coffee bistros that began with their pilot shop at the corner of 13th and Beach, say their business is definitely going to change.

“At this time, the future of sit-down seating is unknown, so the Bliss is attempting to recreate their business within the current environment through the provision of take-out orders and a weekly delivery of entrees,” Darci says.

Cheri Bokis, co-owner of the newly opened Cibo & Vines, feels blessed for the support they receive at their evening take-out window, but Bokis admits, although sales at this time pay for the utilities, they are not sufficient to cover other expenses such as wages.

“We’re trying for some sense of normalcy by going to work, doing what we love and giving back to the community. It’s good for our mental health and for those who support us,” says Bokis.

So what else is hap-

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pening behind the closed doors of business? The Peachland Chamber of Commerce believes connectivity is paramount during the pandemic crisis and has developed a three-fold communication approach. The chamber provides a link to the masses through social media on Facebook, FaceTime and virtual meetings such as Zoom. We are hosting our first virtual Zoom business made social on Thursday April 30. Anyone who would like to join this meeting please send us an email. This virtual online business made social is a first of many to follow. There’s also individual networking via e-newsletters and emails but, an important means of support and transfer of information by the chamber, is personal connectivity established through its board of directors. Each director has been designated a list of member and non-member contacts to address enquiries or concerns and provide direction on current support

programs. This is a checkon-your-neighbour type of communication deployed to reassure the community that we will get through this together.

What role can business owners and non-profit organizations play at this time?

BC Chamber has created biweekly pulse check surveys to find out how businesses and organizations are faring in the age of COVID-19, and how their needs are evolving. The previous survey saw close to 2,000 responses that assisted in formulating existing support for business, already put forth by the BC government.

Support for non-profits is also being addressed as government recognizes the value of volunteerism in our communities. Once Peachland submits 60 survey responses, the chamber will receive detailed regional reports for our district, which will be passed on to you.

Being privy to financial aid and employment opportunities, as they become available, can be as easy as taking a quick survey every two weeks. To participate in the next COVID-19 Pulse Check Survey go to www.

BCMindreader.com. Then send your email address to peachlandchamber@ gmail.com to be included in the exchange of current information and for the opportunity of a platform to voice your questions or concerns. It’s vital to stay connected and chamber members, and non-members, can move forward online as social distancing practices continue.

The chamber also plays a leading role in recovery

planning through their participation on task forces created by the Central Okanagan Economic Development Committee (COEDC) and the Okanagan Valley Chambers. Valley chambers have united and

to the generous support of Vantage One Credit Union.

Also, donations can be made to the Peachland Food Bank or the Peachland Wellness Centre through the shoppeachlandbc.com site.

Another option of support

CHERI BOKUS OF Cibo & Vines. are moving forward with determination, motivated by their slogan: OKwegotthis.

Peachland Chamber recently facilitated the inaugural meeting of the Peachland Recovery Task Force, bringing together some of our community leaders and District staff.

But how can we as individuals be supportive and assist in the recovery process? As a consumer, one can help by purchasing local for all needs, large or small, and by visiting shoppeachlandbc.com for the purchase of Peachland gift cards to be used once storefronts reopen. One hundred per cent of the proceeds from gift card purchases go to the designated business, thanks

to consider is, to purchase one take-out meal per week from a local restaurant. If each household in Peachland purchased one meal, out of 21 meals consumed weekly, our restaurants will have a better opportunity for survival.

There are currently eight Peachland restaurants providing take out service and many have frozen entrée options. Free delivery is also provided by most restaurants, in support of the, stay at home, stay safe, appeal.

Through continuous support of each other and respect of personal distancing we’ll build a stronger community and we will survive.

Peachland, we got this.

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As early as the end of March, BEEPS (Bat Education and Ecological Society) had heard reports that bats were sighted, returning from hibernation, in the southern Okanagan.

We have been anxiously anticipating the arrival of our returning female bats to the nursery roost in the attic of the Peachland Historic Schoolhouse.

The monitors have been checked daily with hopes of a glimpse of the first bats and finally, on Saturday, April 18 (incidentally, the day after Bat Appreciation Day) we witnessed the arrival of the first bats.

At first, we were only able to locate one little light coloured bat who was hiding. Only her cute face with big eyes were visible at first until she was disturbed by a larger darker bat who kept stepping over her - then there were two! Peachland Visitor Centre tourism manager Darci Ritchey and I were excited watching the antics of these two trying to maneuver around the

space they had decided to claim as their section of the roost.

We decided to give these gals names as we watched them. The first little light one we named Abattica and the second larger bat we called Batty Boop. We’ve taken a video of their movements and are working to post it on the BEEPS website for all to enjoy.

On Monday afternoon I popped in to check on the bats and counted over 20 bats actively moving about and 90 minutes later that number had more

than doubled as more than 40 bats were visible.

Now, however, they were calmly lined up in rows next to each other along the spacing of the boards.

We are continually monitoring our bat numbers on a regular basis as a decline in bat population could be a sign of White Nose Syndrome (WNS), a fungus that is not harmful to humans, but has taken a devastating toll on bats throughout North America. For more information on WNS and how you can help prevent the spread of this disease visit

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Units Sold

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290

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$450,511

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$131,926

+35.24

Res. House

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$669,073

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$319,824

-10.61%

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