Month: August 2024

Three tiny hairless dogs guard the entrance to Lamar Peterson’s garden. Bea, a 7-year-old Xoloitzcuintli and Chihuahua mix with no teeth and a pink tongue, is the smallest but barks the loudest. The other two pups, Daisy, 6, a Xoloitzcuintli, and Moo, 8, a Chinese crested, try to overtake Bea’s bark, but to no avail. “They’re extremely protective and Bea, she’ll bark when I walk her … well, she’ll just bark all the time,” Peterson said. “It’s funny, me walking…

In the latest installment of Mindful Conversations, host Nikki Csek was joined by Josie Ruoss, a counsellor with Next Step Counselling Group. The duo discussed a variety of topics including Ruoss’s journey to becoming a counsellor, how to pick a counsellor, details about an event Ruoss is putting together and more. After going to school to become a teacher, Ruoss began noticing a feeling that something was missing. Kelowna Now

The British summer is a pretty weird time when it comes down to it. Either the heat and humidity intensify and, in a nation that doesn’t really do air conditioning, everything gets quickly unpleasant and overwhelming. Or we get cool, cloudy, or even miserable rainy days, and you feel cheated (“Call this summer?”). At the same time, you’ve either booked a holiday, in which case you’re rushing to get all your work done before you leave, and stressing about how…