Peachland Post March 27 final

CHASING DREAMS It’s never too late to realize a lifelong dream P.6

Peachland POST

The week of March 27, 2026

CROSSING CANADA Eric Hall shares his experiences aboard a ride by rail P.9

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TOWN Find out what’s going on and where it’s happening P.11

Getting the GRE EN light

Changes to Highway 97 intersection at Trepanier driven by safety

By Jeff McDonalD local JournalisM initiative reporter

Anyone driving in the evening or early morning hours on Highway 97 between Peachland and West Kelowna knows about the traffic diversions at the intersection with Trepanier Bench Road for the past two weeks.

Road-building materials are in place for upgrades to HIghway 97 at Trepanier Bench Road, including installation of a traffic light. The work is due for completion by the end of June.

The highway was closed north of the intersection from 6:30 pm to 6:30 am beginning March 15, and last week the closure was extended to March 27 so crews could perform storm revision and road restoration work at the intersection, as well as on Buchanan Road, Huston Road and Desert Pines Avenue. When the Peachland Post went to press this week, no further extensions to the closure had been announced.

But that’s just the beginning of the Ministry of Transportation and Transit (MOTT) project which includes installing a traffic light

at the intersection, widening the highway, changes to how vehicles enter and exit the high-

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Coldham Road infrastructure improvements

As part of a five-lot subdivision project on Coldham Road, $1 million of developer-funded upgrades will be completed. The work includes new sidewalks and streetlights along the property, watermain extension and installation of fire hydrants, storm water infrastructure extensions and road restoration.

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“To safely complete this work, Coldham Road will be temporarily closed from March 20 to May 8. Due to the size of the excavation, equipment required and limited road width, there is not enough space to safely accommodate traffic alongside construction,” said the district. All traffic, including pedestrians, will have to detour during the closure.

“In less than a year, we’ve successfully recruited hundreds of U.S. health-care professionals who are already helping strengthen B.C.’s public health-care system,” said Josie Osborne, Minister of Health. “They include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners and allied health providers who are joining teams in hospitals and communities across the province. This is just the beginning – U.S. health professionals are enthusiastic about the opportunity to work in B.C., and we will continue welcoming them and connecting them with opportunities throughout the province.”

These doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners and allied health professionals are joining hospitals and clinics in the following regions:

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What’s happening in my garden?

By susan van noortwyk

Time to head to the garden. I am not an expert, but I love the beauty of it all. Right now the crocus and hellebore are in full bloom, making a wonderful show in my garden. I even saw a native bee hard at work today collecting pollen. The snowdrops are just finishing up – so sweet with their little white “bells” hanging down. Tulips, daffodils, scilla, and hyacinths are up – reminder! It is time to get the spray out to deter the deer from eating my tulips.

off the roses but leave the trimming to when I “feed” them.

Our Weigela and Purple leaf sand cherry were a little “wild” when we moved here. We cut them right back to the ground and they came back beautifully. This time round we are trying to be proactive by keeping them trimmed.

Some of the perennials are starting to show through the leaves I’ve left for mulch. It’s time to clean up some of those that are up a few inches and still have their stalks that I left last fall. Stalks are good for winter interest, feed and shelter

The forsythia has a few blooms beginning. One shrub looks like a yellow cloud. My good friend always said the forsythia would be in bloom on her birthday, April 6. It’s a bit early this year. We had pruned many of our shrubs in the winter, cutting out a third of the old wood and branches as we didn’t like where they were headed. I will take the mulch

for birds and critters, and possible self seeding. These are the taller plants like stonecrop sedum, delphinium, monkshood, and some of the perennial grasses, especially Karl Forrester as it gets going early and doesn’t like to be cut back too short once it has started growing.

I will leave the leaves on for now, until I am ready for mulch. I am of two minds with cleaning

up the leaves. They provide good mulch but also, especially under some shrubs like roses and Purple leaf sand cherry, they tend to harbor diseases that I don’t want to encourage.

Now off to the veggie garden. The rhubarb is poking up under its mulch (its own leaves folded over last fall) and the garlic I planted in late November is poking up six to eight inches through the dried grass mulch. No sign of the fall planted spinach yet?? Some yellow raspberries and haskaps are leafing out and buds are starting on the fruit trees.

My plan: mulch the shrub and flower beds with something that is fire smart, will hold moisture, reduce weeds, and eventually break down to feed the soil and

plants. Maybe some Ogogrow. For the veggie garden I’m going to add some compost, worm castings, perlite to aerate, and maybe some coco coir (well rinsed as it is sometimes sourced from salty, ocean beaches) to help retain moisture. I can start planting some seeds directly into the ground once I have it ready, like peas, kale, and spinach. My “orchard” lawn will need to be top dressed with some fine compost –may try some Glengrow from the Kelowna Landfill. Okay, time to get to work. Happy Gardening!

Susan Van Noortwyk is an avid gardener and member of the Peachland Sowers and Growers. She volunteers at the Summerland Ornamental Gardens and the Peachland Little School House.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Debatable concern

Dear Editor,

As a candidate in the recent by-election, I want to begin by acknowledging and respecting the clear margin by which Ali Bani-Sadr was elected over myself and the other candidates. The comments that follow are not offered from a position of disappointment, but from a long professional interest in fairness, procedure, and public

confidence in decision-making.

After reading the recent public announcement from our newly elected councillor, I was surprised to see Mr. Bani-Sadr describe himself, even before attending his first council meeting, as “developer friendly.”

During my 35 years working in the justice system, including time involved in labour arbitration, I saw a number of decisions overturned on appeal because of what the courts refer to as a

reasonable apprehension of bias. The principle is straightforward. Decision-makers must not only be impartial, they must also appear impartial to the public.

For that reason, the statement is concerning. When an elected official publicly aligns with one side of an issue before hearing any application, it raises the question of whether he can fairly participate in votes involving developers without creating doubt about the process.

Municipal councils deal with development proposals on a regular basis, so this is not a minor point. Public confidence depends on the understanding that councillors approach each application with an open mind.

Perhaps the one question missing from the All Candidates meeting was this:

If elected, who do you believe you will be working for?

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Developers must pay their fair share of the true cost of development

If you are reading this edition of the Peachland Post on Friday March 27, you will find no mention of the public information session regarding Development Cost Charges (DCCs) that took place in Peachland after this edition went to press. But it is a topic we will cover next week.

DCCs are the financial tool for recovering from developers their share of the cost of using and maintaining municipal infrastructure paid for by taxpayers (roads, parks, sewers, water supply, and fire services) as well as the cost of providing and maintaining any new infrastructure attributable to the development.

Setting DCCs is a pesky problem for municipalities. Set them

too high and developers complain that there is no possibility of making a profit and either don’t build or go elsewhere to build in a community where DCCs are lower. Set them too low and taxpayers later discover that there is insufficient money in District reserves to fund necessary capital works -- a shortfall taxpayers must pick up or tolerate impacts from degraded infrastructure such as potholes and boil water notices. An underlying principle is that developers must pay their fair share of the true cost of development. Hard to argue with that one, but what is fair? Just like beauty, the answer lies in the eye of the beholder.

If you believe that all development is good and helps lower tax-

POLICY MATTERS

Keith Fielding

es, you might be inclined to support a municipal “uplift” factor -- a kind of subsidy to reduce the DCC burden. On the other hand, if you believe the opposite, that would be rubbing salt in the wound.

In calculating the appropriate rate, it may be tempting for a municipality to work backwards from identifying where it wishes

to be, relative to DCCs charged by neighbouring municipalities and juggle numbers accordingly. Such juggling might involve: delaying the start of a necessary project; reducing its projected cost; increasing the proportion of benefit accruing to the municipality and reducing the proportion to be borne by the developer; or gambling that a sewer pipe can last 25 years longer than previously established.

It’s complicated but we will report on how Peachland is proposing to set DCCs in our next edition.

Keith Fielding is President of the Peachland Community Newspaper Society and editor of Peachland Post. He is also a former Peachland mayor and councillor.

Lately I’ve been asking myself, is it ever too late to chase a dream? You see, friends, something interesting happened when I reached my 50s. Time sped up. As a child, I remember winter feeling like a significant chunk of time. Today, it feels as if winter just blew past in the blink of an eye. If time keeps moving at this increasingly warped speed, I expect spring 2030 will soon be upon us.

To be honest, I have a sense of urgency to finally take action on a few dreams of my own. Hence the question: Is it ever too late?

In the hopes of finding inspiration, I asked those around me what dreams they chased at an older age and then requested on Facebook some examples from Peachlanders. Peachland, you did not disappoint!

Here are a few of their inspiring answers:

In a conversation with our newly elected district councillor Ali Bani-Sadr, when asked if he thinks it is ever too late to try something new or chase down a dream he responded with, “It is true that you are only as old as you feel. If you have the energy, there is no reason why you shouldn’t.” He went on to add, “The older you get, the more you appreciate time. You realize you don’t have forever.” (I could not agree more!)

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Pamela O’Connor Highstead commented that recently at age 50, she opened up a new local HVAC company. She says, “It took me a long time to take the leap, but you reach an age where you’re not scared anymore.”

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Kerry Kozak (a local artist) wrote, “I started painting at 51 years of age. My paintings are now all over the world! Who knew?!”

Darren Sweet replied that at age 56, they bought a motor home to chase the dream of travel. Fast forward five years and Darren has given up what he refers to as “soul-sucking” work for a new career, is getting sailing certificates, and is planning to sail around Haida Gwaii on a keelboat -- while training as a skipper.

Calvin Barr posts, “I wrote my first novel at age 50.” He is currently working on his second one.

Art Esperanza writes, “Started a band at age 63.”

Karin Hoehn (who now lives in Peachland) replied, “At 55, I moved lock stock and barrel to Mexico as I always wanted to live in a foreign country and learn a second language.”

Though I’m admittedly biased, my parents (ages 81 and 82) provided my favourite example. When aged 74 and 75, they decided to chase their long held dream of travelling by boat through the canals in England.

With my Mom steering, they river boated through twelve foot wide canals, hopping off at the various charming villag-

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es all the way to Wales. They describe this trip as their most cherished travel adventure.

And so my question has undoubtably been answered. If we are still here and still breathing, it is decidedly not too late to chase a dream. In fact, we owe it to ourselves to do just that.

Teresa Harris Triggiano is the founder of a restorative justice program. She was a columnist in the Vancouver Sun and appeared as a weekly expert on Global’s BC Noon News for fourteen years. Email: theheartofpeachland@gmail.com

DIANNE KATHLEEN FULTON

October 22, 1943 ~ March 14, 2026

Dianne passed away peacefully on March 14, 2026, surrounded by love. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Austin, in April 2024 and by her son, Michael, in November 2023.

Dianne and Austin built their Peachland home in 1980, where they lived for more than four decades. With the steady support and care of their daughter Michelle, they were able to remain there as long as possible before eventually moving into care together, sharing a room at Ridgewood Lodge in Princeton.

She is lovingly remembered by her children, Mark (Karen), Michelle (Tony), and Billy, and by her nine cherished grandchildren.

Our family is deeply grateful for the compassionate care and kindness shown by the staff at Ridgewood Lodge, whose warmth and dedication brought comfort and dignity to Dianne in her final chapter.

b Rest in Peace b

PEACHLAND ROADS

Desert Pines Avenue to become one-way

ROADS FROM PAGE 1 at the intersection between 2020 and 2024 and one crash at the adjacent intersection of Desert Pines Avenue and Trepanier.

way, and making Desert Pines Avenue into a one-way street. The project is due for completion by the end of June, said Peachland mayor Patrick Van Minsel, and Peachland residents have long been asking for a dangerous intersection to be made safer.

“These changes came because our residents are asking for this for many, many years to make it a safer intersection, so on one of

West Kelowna RCMP media relations officer Corporal Devon Gerrits said only three incidents were reported at the intersection in 2025, but “despite not being a huge number it doesn’t necessarily mean that poor or dangerous driving behaviour isn’t taking place there,” he said in an email.

Converting Desert Pines Ave-

our trips to Victoria, we lobbied for this with the minister of transportation. And the second trip when we went back after some more lobbying, we got the news that they were going to do it, that it was approved in the budget, so they started it this year,” said Van Minsel. “That means they’re going to do an intersection with lights and they’re also going to realign the highway a little bit because they need a bit more space.”

Additional changes include a left turn lane from Highway 97 onto Buchanan Road and a new median on Buchanan. Exactly when the traffic light will be installed isn’t clear (District of Peachland staff did not respond to requests for further details by press time.) Statistics taken from ICBC’s website show four crashes

best scenario for safety. You cannot have people exiting the highway and then crossing Trepanier to turn onto Desert Pines. That’s just really disruptive,” he said.

Desert Pines Avenue resident Anne Wigfield said in an email that she appreciates that the work needs to be done and there will be a period of adjustment, but added that the one-way could cause problems for some vehicles.

caught in an impossible situation.”

Ted Black lives at 3904 Desert Pines Avenue and he said the change preventing motorists from turning left across Trepanier to go up Desert Pines is good for safety.

The project will see Desert Pines Avenue become one-way in the direction of Trepanier Bench Road.

nue into a one-way in the direction of Trepanier Bench Road is part of the project. Previous councils had objected to that because of residents’ concerns about accessing their properties, said Van Minsel, but MOTT is moving ahead and Van Minsel said he supports the change for safety reasons. With a potential line of motorists on Trepanier Bench Road waiting to access Highway 97 at the new traffic light, motorists exiting the highway and attempting to turn left onto Desert Pines could create a dangerous back-up of traffic onto the highway. Motorists coming off the highway onto Trepanier will need to access Desert Pines by travelling straight up Trepanier and turning left onto Coldham Road. “They (MOTT) looked at all the scenarios, and this was the

“Some vehicles are too long (switchbacks) and too high (electrical lines) to accommodate these vehicles on the lower part of Desert Pines. If they can’t go back from whence they came - then what?” she said. “Also, with garbage trucks if it is only one-way, then some households will probably have to deliver their garbage to the other side of the road for pick-up -- perhaps not a big deal and even helpful for collection purposes. School children will also be adjusting to their school bus possibly arriving on the other side of the road to pick them up.”

Signage will be an important part of the new one-way so no one gets caught being unable to exit from Desert Pines Avenue, said Wigfield, and with wildfire season approaching, she hopes in an emergency that “horse trailers and those individuals coming to help get animals out will not get

“It’s not a very good intersection as it is now because if you’re coming off the highway turning right and then you cross, there’s people turning left off the highway and then you’re coming across their lane but it is a dangerous way to do it in in some respects,” he said. “Because you know some drivers, how they are, they’re pretty aggressive.”

Last week the District of Peachland also announced that Coldham Road is closed until May 8 for completion of upgrades at a new five-lot subdivision including new sidewalks, street lights and road restoration. Funded by the subdivision’s developer, the $1-million project will be followed by district-funded work to increase safety at the intersection of Coldham and Trepanier, said Van Minsel, and will help with the increased traffic at the intersection created by the new one-way at Desert Pines Avenue.

“We’re going to make the intersection at Trepanier Bench Road and Coldham safer for people to use,” he said.••

INVASIVE SPECIES

Non-native plants can cause many issues

Ahhh! The aliens are among us! And it’s hard to tell who they are. Yes, alien plants, to begin with, invasives, the ones that have been introduced either deliberately or who rode in on their own.

NATURAL WONDER

Judy Wyper

Peachland Post’s Bev Andrews, our office manager, has a background in invasive plants and I learned a lot from her.

One problem with these invaders is that they don’t have any natural predators or diseases, and that makes it easy to reproduce quickly. Spread by wind, water and human activity, they alter wetlands, reduce food and shelter for native species, and emit toxins into the soil which damage native species.

Some particularly aggressive invasive plants that Bev found in our area are Purple Loosestrife, Japanese Knotweed, Giant Hogweed, and Tree of Heaven. There is a small book called “Field Guide to Noxious Weeds and Other Selected Invasive Plants of British Columbia.” I found it in the Bat Display area of Our Space and is from the Invasive Species Council of BC.

Bev notes that aliens can be noxious insects. “I have seen total lawns destroyed by the European

Chafer Beetle. The Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs are travellers and were in the Vancouver area and five years ago I spotted them in the Trepanier Road area. Then there’s the Spotted Lanternfly, a colourful insect that heavily impacts grapes, fruit trees, and forestry.”

Bev’s advice is:

• Buy native plants

• Learn to identify invasive plants

• Keep pets on leash in areas of invasive plants

• Do not compost invasives

• Clean off clothing when walking in areas of invasives. Many attach to socks and shoes.

LAURIER AVENUE ROAD NAME OF THE WEEK

J.M. Robinson, founder of Peachland, named most of the first roads after people who were prominent either locally in the fledgling community, or in the outside world.

In the latter category we have the Queen (Victoria Street); a future Queen (Princess Avenue –now Princess Street); the Governor General (Minto Street); the Premier of B.C. (Turner Avenue); and, a prominent provincial Cabinet Minister (Ellison Avenue).

Sir Wilfred Laurier, FrenchCanadian leader of Canada’s

Liberal government (1896 to 1911) served as Prime Minister with a 15-year unbroken tenure (the longest in the history of Canada) clearly making him a deserving candidate for a Peachland road name.

For J.M. Robinson, reputedly a staunch conservative, naming a road after the leader of a Liberal Government must have been irksome.

No surprise then that Laurier Avenue is not well known in Peachland and is difficult to find.

Adapted from an April 1st work

With permission kindly granted by Peachland author, Don Wigfield

One day I was reading that our cute California Quail are an introduced species, not native to this area, but living happily amongst us. In my yard, there is a brood of 25 that regularly foray from inside the spreading juniper hedge, cross the front yard (not lawn, as it is now largely weeds amongst the grass), proceed by eating seeds and bugs, scurry through the chainlink fence into the back yard, taking their time to forage, moving in fits and starts, bunches and singles, into what we call the outback, growing like the whole place, David Suzuki style, no pesticides or fertilizer. It is dominated by a wide and happy maple tree, and the quail move through this area over to our neighbours, who have a similar setup of things growing freely.

This sort of “lawn” stays green a lot longer than a domestic variety and the birds much prefer it. Our quail are alien, but they do not compete for resources with our native species and are not considered invasive.

I wonder if you have made connections to other types of invasions. Like how the recent incursions by invasive nations on our planet have brought risks to the environment, economy, society, and human health. When everything is connected, as it is on this planet, everything suffers the consequences.

Judy Wyper is with the Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance and the South Okanagan Chapter of the Council of Canadians.

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VIA CANADIAN

Crossing Canada by rail a memorable experience

By eric Hall

The building of the CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway) was a key event in Canadian history. British Columbia joined Canada in 1871 because of the promise of a railway link to the east. A nation “coast to coast” was the dream of many, including our first Prime Minister, John A MacDonald. In the early years passenger service on the CPR was very important but that business declined after WW2. Both the CPR and CN operated cross-Canada passenger train service but both were transferred to VIA rail in 1978. VIA only continued one route and that was the CN route through Jasper.

My first experience with the VIA Canadian was in the winter time with a British tour group. The tour started in Toronto with a visit to the CN tower and a day trip to Niagara Falls. On the departure day, we arrived at Union Station at 9 a.m. and porters where there to take our suitcases. The journey to Vancouver takes three days and three nights, and there were different options for

sleeping accommodation.

Space was limited and there was no room for large suitcases; you took what you needed onboard in a soft bag. Most of the clients in my group booked either single or double bedrooms.

The few that went with upper and lower “semi-private” berths regretted that choice during the journey. “Semi-private” meant that people could walk past your bed and you had to use public washrooms. In all cases, VIA staff converted your seats to beds in preparation for sleeping. I travelled in a single bedroom which had an amazingly compact layout with the bed coming down over the toilet at night. If you wanted to use your private toilet during the night, you had to balance the bed above your head which was an interesting logistical problem.

Leaving Toronto in the morning gave us the chance to see Greater Toronto’s traffic problems and view a variety of scenery as we made our way north towards Sudbury. Breakfast, the next day, was on a “first come, first served” basis but lunch and dinner were

organised with sittings. I always found the food and service on the Canadian to be excellent.

The second day was spent entirely in Northern Ontario which seems to go on forever. There are rocks and trees and lakes but very few people. The stop where you could get off the train was at Sioux Lookout. Our stop was for 40 minutes so the train could get fuel and water. Members of my group said that was not enough time to look around but it turned out that it was more than enough. On this winter trip the temperature at Sioux Lookout was -25C and it was windy. No one in my group stayed off the train for more than five minutes. But arriving in Winnipeg the next day was a

much longer stop at the historic Union station. It was in Winnipeg that most of the VIA staff changed. Most live in Winnipeg and work the route east to Toronto and back or west to Vancouver and back. Winnipeg’s Union station is in the downtown area near a place called the Forks. The Assiniboine river flows into the Red River there. The Canadian Museum of Human Rights is very close and the Manitoba Provincial Legislative building is near. But those places seem too far away in winter weather. My group went to the Railway museum in the station or took a short walk to the Forks Market for a coffee. After two hours we were on our way west and I will tell you more about that next time.

Peachland’s Post Office NO HISTORY? KNOW HISTORY!

by RICHARD SMITH

The first post office was built at the end of First Street between the Livery stable and J. M. Robinsin’s Real Estate office, the Peachland Townsite Company.

The first mail was postmarked Dec.1 1898. Until 1935 the mail went in and out by sternwheelers. That was the the last run of the SS Sicamous.

Mail was carried one block from the wharf to the Post Office. In 1950 the new Post Office was built at the corner of 1st Street and Beach Ave.

Those were the days when a dime taped to your letter, bought a stamp and sent it on its way after dropping it in the mail slot.

The building survives today as the Edwards Investment office. The girl in the doorway is Jean Pollard and her home survives today as the second last house on Beach Ave. before 6th St. with white stucco and green trim.

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Indoor Walking 8-9 AM

Pickleball 2.5-3.0 9:15-11:15 AM

Spin, Weights, Core & More 9:30-10:45 AM

Pickleball 3.0-3.5 11:30 AM-1:30 PM

Pickleball

1.5-2.0 1:45-3:45 PM

Mini Kickers Girls 4:30-5:15 PM

Soccer Fundamentals Girls 5:15-6:15 PM

Zumba 5:30-6:30 PM

Fitness Blast 6:15-7:00 PM

Pickleball All Play Drop-In 6:30-8:15 PM

PEACHLAND WELLNESS CENTRE

Adult Day Service 9 AM

Chair Yoga 10:30 AM

Ladies Social 1 PM

TUESDAY

50 PLUS CENTRE

Yoga 8:30-9:30 AM

Carpet Bowling 9:30-noon

AA 12-1 PM

Mahjong 1-4 PM

Passion 4 Art 1-4 PM

Line Dancing 4:30-5:30 PM

Cloggers 6-6:45 PM

OUR SPACE

Jim Elwood Life Drawing Workshop

PEACHLAND COMMUNITY

CENTRE

Flow Yoga 9-10 AM

Remedy Yoga 10:30-11:45AM

Fitness Blast 12:30-1:15 PM

Pickleball 3.7-4.0 1-3PM

Yoga for your Back 3:45-5:00 PM

Beginner Vinyasa Yoga

5:15-6:30 PM

Cycle Fusion 5:45-6:45 PM

PEACHLAND LEGION

Catch the King 5 PM

Darts 7 PM

PEACHLAND WELLNESS CENTRE

Tax Program 9 AM

Ladies Cards 10:30 AM

Men’s Coffee 1 PM

Love, Loss, Grieving Group 1:30-3 PM

Register with PWC Meet at United Church Hall 4421 4th Street

PEACHLAND WHEEL NUTS

A&W 4-6 PM

WEDNESDAY

50 PLUS CENTRE

50+ Fitness 9-10 AM

Chair Yoga 11-noon

Bridge 1-3:30 PM

Zumba Gold 1-2 PM

Tae Kwon Do 5:30-7:30 PM

PEACHLAND ART GALLERY

Wed.-Sun. 10 AM-4 PM

Annual Captured Images

OUR SPACE

Drawing with Terry Moore 1-3 PM $5

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

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Events Calendar

Events listings are free to non-profit and community groups. Submit by Friday, 3 p.m. for publication the following Friday at info@peachlandpost.org

PEACHLAND COMMUNITY CENTRE

Reservations or registration may be required for activities or events.

Indoor walking 8-9 AM

Pickleball Drop-in 1.5-2.0 9:15-11:15 AM

Fitness Blast 12:30-1:15 PM

Pickleball 3.75-4.0 1-3 PM

Volleyball & Badminton 5-6 PM

FITNESS • CLUBS • DANCE • GAMES • CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

Functional Fitness 9:30-10:45 AM

Pickleball Drop-In 3.0+ 11:20AM-1:30PM

Pickleball 2.5-3.0 1:45-3:45 PM

Mini Kickers-Boys: 4:30-5:15PM

Wall Hanging Trinket Shelf 5:00-7:00 PM

Yoga and Beyond 5:15-6:15 PM

Soccer Fundamentals-Boys: 5:15-6:15PM

Pickleball 4.0+ 6:30-8:30 PM

PEACHLAND LEGION

Wings Special Karaoke 3-6 PM Sherry

PEACHLAND MODEL TRAIN

GROUP 6:30 PM Museum

PEACHLAND WELLNESS CENTRE

Tai Chi 10 AM

Sunshine Singers 1 PM

THURSDAY

50 PLUS CENTRE

Art In Peachland 10 AM-2 PM

Iron & Silk 11-12 AM

Ukelele 1-2:30 PM

Bingo Doors 5:00 Starts 6:30 PM

PEACHLAND COMMUNITY CENTRE

Pickleball 3.0-3.5 8:15-10:15 AM

Yoga for your Back 9:30-10:45 AM

Pickleball 3.5-3.75 10:30AM-12:30 PM

Yoga Strength 11 AM-12:15 PM

Spanish for Adventures 5-6:30 PM

Pickleball All Play Drop-In 6:15-8:15 PM

Functional Flow Pilates 6:45-7:45 PM

PEACHLAND LEGION

Liver & Onions

Meat Draw 50/50 3 PM

PEACHLAND WELLNESS CENTRE

Adult Day Service 9 AM

FRIDAY

50 PLUS CENTRE

Good Friday: Check with instructor 50+ Fitness 9-10 AM

Coffee Beans 10:15-noon

Chair Yoga 11-noon Canasta 1-4 PM

PEACHLAND COMMUNIT CENTRE

RDCO- Recycle Depot ALL DAY

PEACHLAND LEGION

Good Friday

Fish & Chips

Crib 1-3 PM

PEACHLAND LIBRARY

Cozy Stitch Group Drop In Adults

Library Closed April 3-6 for Easter Break

For information on more programs at Peachland Community Centre search on-line at peachland.ca/recguide or phone 250-767-2133.