https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story--1017-.htm Thu, 10 Oct 2019 09:19:38 PDT Updated every 10 minutes - FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY Copyright: (C) Castanet.net https://www.castanet.net/rss/ https://www.castanet.net/main_images/logos/KelownaLogos/Castanet_Logo.jpg https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story--1017-.htm https://www.castanet.net/news/Sidewalk-Superintendent/63852/Odds-amp-Ends-August-18 https://www.castanet.net/news/Sidewalk-Superintendent/63852/Odds-amp-Ends-August-18 Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:00:00 PDT Contributed The CPR brought many travelers to Sicamous. Some took the spur line to the Okanagan. The three-storey Hotel Bellevue was built in 1898 at the narrows between Shuswap and Mara Lakes. Extensions were made, taking the room count to 56. The completion of the Trans-Canada Highway killed train travel a... https://www.castanet.net/news/Sidewalk-Superintendent/63672/Odds-amp-Ends-August-11 https://www.castanet.net/news/Sidewalk-Superintendent/63672/Odds-amp-Ends-August-11 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:00:00 PDT Contributed The Real Canadian Wholesale Club was out of 1-ply toilet paper so I bought a package of 2-ply. It was spring and businesses must have stocked up on 1-ply for an influx of tourists. What a disappointment! Each sheet of 2-ply had a decorative pattern stamped into it but the pattern was full of ai... https://www.castanet.net/news/Sidewalk-Superintendent/63544/Odds-amp-Ends-August-4 https://www.castanet.net/news/Sidewalk-Superintendent/63544/Odds-amp-Ends-August-4 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 05:00:00 PDT Contributed Have you ever walked past a fire extinguisher in a red box with a clear front and it says, "In case of fire break this glass"? Tap the glass. If it sounds dull, it is plastic and there is no way you can break it. Sometimes the plastic is scored with an X so it will break, or it has a met... https://www.castanet.net/news/Sidewalk-Superintendent/63412/Odds-amp-Ends-July-28 https://www.castanet.net/news/Sidewalk-Superintendent/63412/Odds-amp-Ends-July-28 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:00:00 PDT Contributed STURGIS NORTH WAS MOST SUCCESSFUL The Sturgis North motorcycle rally held in Salmon Arm over five days surpassed all expectations. It was very well run, the dozen shuttle buses provided excellent service, old bands brought older bikers, the bikers were well behaved, biker hotel guests ...