Messy roads expected
Slushy and slippery on Coq
Rainfall warning issued
Woman in hijab attacked 
Ferry passengers fall ill 
'No Canadian dream'
Impeachment overturned 
Wildfires force evacuations
Evacuations as deaths mount
Scrapped rebates for Tesla 
Journalists in crosshairs
AgriStability cap to increase 
Rockets close on sour note
Canada defends curling title
Rockets get break in win
'Snow White' sleepy open
Gerard Depardieu trial
Ozzy on a throne
Making Tracks
Fall is a great time to get out on your bike in the Okanagan
Happy birthday (today) to me, the Sheriff! And happy birthday to Constant Companion Carmen (on Friday)! Two Virgos in one household is almost too much but...
Dealing with the dramatic impact of wildfire evacuation
The 2023 wildfire season will be a vivid memory for many in the Southern Interior. That includes the Sheriff and Constant Companion Carmen, who live on the...
BC wildfires: Is Mother Nature crying too?
First and foremost, the Sheriff's heart goes out to all those in the Southern Interior devastated by this year's record-setting wildfires. Life will...
News of more Knox Moutain secret Okanagan spots
Timing is everything, especially in outdoor recreation (and outdoor recreation columns). After writing about Myra Canyon and Knox Mountain Park East during the...
Despite its popularity, Myra Canyon qualifies as a 'Secret Okanagan Spot'
Sometimes a Secret Okanagan Spot might be better left as a secret for the protection of "ordinary people." That was the debate recently when the...
SOS: Secret spots in an undiscovered park
This week's SOS was a trip down memory trail in The Undiscovered Park. The Sheriff returned to the backcountry of the Glenmore Highlands in Kelowna, now...
Kal Crystal Waters Trail is a gem on the Okanagan Rail Trail
Hundreds are using the Okanagan Rail Trail every day, thousands every week and hundreds of thousands in the nearly five years since this $30-million...
More of J.P. Squire's Secret Okanagan Spots
The SOS series 2.0 continues this week after an e-bike outing in Summerland on Monday. For those who missed last Sunday's column (it's still available...
J.P. Squire's Secret Okanagan Spots
Welcome to the SOS series 2.0. It's not Save Our Ship! Or Save Our Souls! Or Save On Socks (at Sal’s Irregular Sock Emporium)! Several years ago, the...
The four Ts of staying cool in the summer sun
Timing, threads, territory and thirst. Call it the four Ts. That's how to respond to tropical temperatures in the usually temperate Okanagan this week. You...
Music in the Parks everywhere this summer
There is no pause for popular parties in public parks this summer. Everybody loves a party. Especially when everyone is invited and when they are free. The...
Pummelled by rain, hail while cycling Calgary's trails
With apologies to Charles Dickens and his Tale of Two Cities, it was the best of e-biking. It was the worst of e-biking. As our group of Kelowna e-bikers raced...
Surprises abound in Southern Interior for those who enjoy outdoor recreation
The last three weeks have been a whirlwind. And that's not even getting into all of the great outdoor news. The Sheriff and Constant Companion Carmen joined...
Exciting summer plans at Southern Interior ski resorts
Downhill ski and snowboard resorts in the Southern Interior have planned a series of unforgetable adventures for the whole family this summer, everything from...
Cycling both the Vancouver Island and the Okanagan Rail Trails
Castanet welcomes our new outdoors columnist, J.P. Squire. A veteran reporter, with a career spanning more than 40 years, Squire writes his column, Making...
