Your one chance to visit an Okanagan owl rehab facility is this Sunday

OLIVER – You have a unique opportunity to see how some ailing raptors are rehabilitated this Sunday. 

The South Okanagan Raptor Rehab Centre north of Oliver is holding its 31st annual open house this weekend, May 5, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the facility located at 8965 Highway 97.

It’s the only day of the year the centre is open to the public.

The facility will have site tours, exhibits, a barbecue, silent auction and face painting for kids.

There will also be 22 local nature and wildlife exhibitors on hand.

It’s also Houdini the owl’s 19th birthday, with cake at 2 p.m.

Entry is by donation, all of which goes toward bird care.

The three musketeers were patients at the raptor rehab centre in 2017. | Credit: SUBMITTED/Facebook


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Steve Arstad

I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
Our two daughters, Meagan and Hayley, reside in Richmond and Victoria, respectively.

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