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CISHET male, early 50s, single dad, English or French, nervous about #Datestodon but willing to try.

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Two days ago we had very strong wind which cleared the valley of all the smoke.

Yesterday, the smoke came back with a vengeance. Summers in the Okanagan. :(

Wish companies and governments took climate change seriously. #Okanagan #Kelowna #ForestFires

Anyone want to go for a bike ride around town? Or Myra? Or the rail trail?

Early morning or late evening when the temperature isn't in the 30s? #Okanagan #Bike #Kelowna

Power generation from my solar roof panels today. Nice sunny day. Generated 52.84 kWh of electricity between 5:25 and 20:40. My average use is between 10 and 20 kWh per day. So I'm generating more electricity than I use.

BC Hydro charges $0.1172 / kWh at tier 1, and $0.1408 at tier 2. I don't know at what rate BC Hydro buys back the excess electricity my roof panels are producing. Let's say it is tier 1: 52.84 kWh * $0.1172 / kWh = $6.19 per day. That's $185 for the month of June?

I haven't received a bill yet since this was installed a few weeks ago, so I really don't know how this works. Purely guessing at this point. #SolarPower #Okanagan #Kelowna

Near my home is a beach that is off-limit to anyone who isn't of "First Nations" ancestry. The sign out front says "Westbank First Nation Private Beach".

What would people say if we had a beach that said "White People Private Beach", or "First Nations Not Permitted"?

Recall that in BC, beach property belongs to the Crown. The rules are:

1) Land Boundary: Private property stops at the natural boundary, the average high-water mark.

2) Foreshore: The sandy, rocky, or wet area between high- and low-water marks is called foreshore. In BC, foreshore is owned by the Crown.

3) The public has a bare license to walk, pass, and recreate on the foreshore. You cannot legally put up fences to block people from walking along the beach. #BC #Okanagan #Kelowna

Global News BC: Nursing shortage reduces services at Similkameen Health Centre https://globalnews.ca/news/9988507/similkameen-health-centre-nursing-shortage-reduces-services/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #SouthSimilkameenHealthCentre #SouthSimilkameen #NursingShortage #healthservices #InteriorHealth #WalkinCentre #similkameen #Keremeos #Okanagan #Health

Global News BC: Highway 97 rockslide: Two lanes open starting Friday https://globalnews.ca/news/9977718/highway-97-rockslide-two-lanes-open/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #MiunistryofTrnasportationandInfrastrucure #MinistryofTransportation #highway97rockslide #Highway97rockwall #southerninterior #okanaganhighway #southokanagan #BCInterior #summerland #Highway97 #Okanagan #Traffic

Global News BC: ‘Terrible living conditions’: BC SPCA seizes 30 dachshunds in Okanagan https://globalnews.ca/news/9976593/bc-spca-seizes-30-dachshunds-okanagan/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #SPCAseizes30dachshunds #30dachshundsseized #southerninterior #AnimalsSeized #NorthOkanagan #BCInterior #Dachshunds #DogsSeized #Okanagan #Canada #BCSPCA #SPCA

Global News BC: B.C. wildfires: Owner hoping West Kelowna business will rise from ashes https://globalnews.ca/news/9974949/mcdougall-creek-wildfire-business-owner-helping-community/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #McDougallCreekwildfire #OKANAGANWILDFIRES #southerninterior #centralokanagan #BCwildfires #WestKelowna #BCInterior #Okanagan #Fire

Global News BC: Cooler temperatures helping in fight against Glen Lake wildfire https://globalnews.ca/news/9972487/okanagan-glen-lake-wildfire-update-sept-19-2023/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #CentralOkanaganEmergencyOperations #wildfireevacuationalert #wildfireevacuationorder #BCWildfireService #OKANAGANWILDFIRES #GlenLakeWildfire #southerninterior #centralokanagan #BCwildfires #BCInterior #peachland #Okanagan #Fire

Global News BC: ‘Billion-dollar bug’ arrives in North Okanagan, raises concerns about crop damage https://globalnews.ca/news/9958567/billion-dollar-bug-western-corn-rootworm-north-okanagan-crop-damage/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #MinistryOfAgriculture #billiondollarbug #southerninterior #NorthOkanagan #cornrootworm #FraserValley #BCInterior #cornbeetle #CropDamage #Armstrong #CornCrops #Okanagan #Economy #Enderby

Global News BC: Seized meth, fentanyl from ‘super drug lab’ estimated at $256M: B.C. RCMP https://globalnews.ca/news/9955095/lumby-drug-super-lab-meth-fentanyl-256m/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #ClandestineLaboratoriesEnforcementandResponseTeam #FederalSeriousandOrganizedCrime #NorthOkanagan #DrugSuperLab #KelownaRCMP #OsoyoosRCMP #CLEARTeam #ephedrine #Fentanyl #Okanagan #Druglab #Crime #Lumby #Meth #RCMP

Global News BC: Rainfall records washed away in five B.C. cities during late August storm https://globalnews.ca/news/9931529/rainfall-records-washed-away-five-bc-cities/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #EnvironmentCanada #rainfallrecords #Weatherrecords #Castlegar #Kootenay #Okanagan #Sparwood #Weather #osoyoos #nelson

Global News BC: B.C. wildfires: Evacuation alert expanded for parts of West Kelowna due to wind https://globalnews.ca/news/9927349/bc-wildfires-west-kelowna-evacuation-alert-expanded/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #CentralOkanaganEmergencyOperations #evacuationalertexpanded #McDougallCreekwildfire #GlenrosaNeighbourhood #Westbankneighbourhood #BCWildfireService #southerninterior #centralokanagan #evacuationalert #BCwildfires #BCInterior #BCWildfire #Okanagan #Fire

Global News BC: B.C. wildfires: Evacuation orders downgraded for parts of West Kelowna https://globalnews.ca/news/9921285/west-kelowna-wildfire-evacuation-orders-downgraded/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #evacuationordersdowngraded #McDougallCreekwildfire #westbankfirstnation #OKANAGANWILDFIRES #EvacuationAlerts #EvacuationOrders #southerninterior #centralokanagan #northwestside #BCwildfires #WestKelowna #BCInterior #BCWildfire #Okanagan #Fire

Wildfire smoke impacting B.C.'s #Shuswap, #Okanagan and #Kootenay regions advected from the northwest, as indicated on this morning's high resolution satellite image.
#RossMooreLakeWildfire (#Kamloops) #CraterCreekWildfire (#Keremeos) #LowerEastAdamsLakeWildfire (#ChaseBC)

Global News BC: Calls pouring in about column of smoke rising from fire southwest of Keremeos https://globalnews.ca/news/9899102/calls-pouring-in-about-column-of-smoke-rising-from-fire-southwest-of-keremeos/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCWildfireServiceInformationOfficer #CraterCreek #KylaPreto #Keremeos #Okanagan #Preto #Smoke #Fire

Global News BC: Impact of B.C. drought on province’s fish could be severe, experts say https://globalnews.ca/news/9880849/impact-bc-drought-fish/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #UniversityOfBritishColumbia #BritishColumbia #okanagandrought #SevereDrought #Environment #extremeheat #bcdrought #Okanagan #Fish #Lake #UBC

Global News BC: BC Parks investigating safety of Okanagan campground trees after child’s death https://globalnews.ca/news/9873504/bc-parks-safety-okanagan-campground-trees-child-death/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Lowermainlandfamilylosesyoungestmember #investigationintofallentree #OkanaganLakeProvincialPark #Treekillschildatcampground #OkanaganLakecampground #southerninterior #LowerMainland #okanaganlake #Environment #BCInterior #ChildDeath #Okanagan #BCParks

Global News BC: BC Parks investigating safety of Okanagan campground trees after child’s death https://globalnews.ca/news/9873504/bc-parks-safety-okanagan-campground-trees-child-death/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Lowermainlandfamilylosesyoungestmember #investigationintofallentree #OkanaganLakeProvincialPark #Treekillschildatcampground #OkanaganLakecampground #southerninterior #LowerMainland #okanaganlake #Environment #BCInterior #ChildDeath #Okanagan #BCParks

#UBC designed a #NewFont that allows characters from #Musqueam #Indigenous #language to be typed on computers & match formal institutional #font used on UBC documents/signs.
Most characters in Musqueam language's - #hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ - pronounced HUN-kuh-mee-num - aren't available on English language keyboard.

The new font is also capable of #typesetting the language of the #Syilx, a #FirstNation located in the same area as UBC's #Okanagan campus

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6868283

#NativeLanguages #BCEducation

Global News BC: B.C. pensioner ‘amazed’ at offers of support after losing apartment https://globalnews.ca/news/9637086/bc-pensioner-amazed-offers-of-support/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #seniorevictedfromhome #seniorlosesapartment #ministryofhousing #southerninterior #pentictonsenior #HomelessSenior #okanagansenior #Canadapension #SeniorHousing #southokanagan #BCpensioner #BCInterior #penticton #Okanagan #Canada

Global News BC: B.C. pensioner homeless after losing apartment following lengthy hospital stay https://globalnews.ca/news/9634182/b-c-pensioner-loses-apartment-after-surgery/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #seniorevictedfromhome #seniorlosesapartment #ministryofhousing #pentictonsenior #HomelessSenior #InteriorHealth #Canadapension #seniorevicted #southokanagan #penticton #Okanagan #Health

Global News BC: Plans to preserve Kelowna historical building intact; wine centre plans shelved https://globalnews.ca/news/9582049/kelowna-historical-courier-building-limbo/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #KelownaCourierBuilding #InterpretiveCentre #MarkAnthonyGroup #CityofKelowna #TastingRoom #RyanSmith #Okanagan #Canada #Wine

Global News BC: Rainbow crosswalk vandalized at a South Okanagan elementary school https://globalnews.ca/news/9561285/rainbow-crosswalk-vandalized-south-okanagan-elementary-school/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #OsoyoosElementarySchool #underinvestigation #Rainbowcrosswalk #schoolprincipal #Investigations #southokanagan #OsoyoosRCMP #Crosswalk #Vandalism #Okanagan #Students #Teachers #Canada #School #Hate #RCMP

Global News BC: Freezing rain, ice pellets and more snow in forecast for much of southern B.C. https://globalnews.ca/news/9373370/freezing-rain-ice-pellets-and-more-snow-in-forecast-for-much-of-southern-b-c/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BoundaryandWestKootenay #CoquihallaConnector #EnvironmentCanada #southerninterior #Coquihalla #BostonBar #Okanagan #Weather #Fernie #B.C.