In 2013, the wine bloggers conference is coming to Penticton. Wouldn’t it be nice if the attendees, at least the Canadian ones, were able to ship some Okanagan wines home to enjoy there?

If that yellow envelope still sits in your to-do pile, now is the time for action. If you have tossed the offering from the provincial government in the recycling bin, you might want to fish it out.

For now, all we have is a promise that the new design will use less farmland. That’s a good thing — but what we don’t know is how the overpass project will fit into the overall community.

It is a testimony to our freedom of speech, and freedom from intimidation from anyone we disagree with, that Zaccaria and his group were able to hold their rally.

The Times has been very privileged to have had Jean Hincks as our advertising manager for the past six years.

Governments are doing nothing to alleviate road-rail conflicts where they are at their worst — the 91Ô­´´ Bypass.

There is nothing worse than making that first cast and having a seized bale flip over too soon, grabbing the line and sending the weight and lure off into the distance on its own.

Dog owners and dog lovers, it really is OK to leave your beloved four-legged companion at home.

Thank you to the people of Wildwood Drive. Please continue your neighbourliness. It made a rather miserable situation into a pleasant afternoon.

The B.C. government has released its audited public accounts for what Bill Vander Zalm enthusiasts strain to depict as Year One of the Harmonized Sales Tax Apocalypse.