Category Archives: Patrick Murphy’s Blog

4) Summerland: The promise of endless summer seems to have worked, judging by the line-up of electric scooters for seniors on sale outside the drugstore in Summerland’s Olde English downtown, 50 km south of Kelowna. Keep walking until you reach … Continue reading →

When the developer of Summerland Wharton St comes right out and states ” It would take the market years to absorb the available supply, never mind the new units”.  WHAT IS THE POINT OF SUMMERLAND GRANTING AN EXTENSION???  Also, is … Continue reading →

It’s  not too late to get out and enjoy some of the excellent dining opportunities offered here in Summerland, we are planning to go out this week after the Olympic Torch passes thru Summerland.  The special offerings are on until … Continue reading →

amazing quote from the national post newspaper referring to online versus print “It’s like a beast that wants to eat my children”.  Michael Cook, Toronto Star, referring to GOOGLE. http://www.financialpost.com/in-focus/story.html?id=2465317

festival of lights has been chosen by VANOC to sing the Canadian National Anthem at the official torch ceremony in Penticton!  Very happy for 8 year old Mariah Gauthier, and we know she will do Summerland proud.  View Mariah on … Continue reading →

supporting the local “review” but sometimes I have to wonder about the content…this week the headline reads “Police end investigation of council”…wow!  Are we sure it might not have just as well read “Police decline request by 15 people to … Continue reading →

As I view reports of the devastation in Haiti, I am struck by Canada’s compassionate, swift, and powerful response.  Canada’s aid for this catastrophic event is something we can all be proud of. Canada is a great nation that enjoys … Continue reading →

With home prices beginning to flatten in many areas around the country, home sellers are slowly gaining ground in their quest to hold on to the asking price. http://www.cnbc.com/id/34820701 TRANSLATION: In the US, the real estate market sends yet another … Continue reading →

Further to my note regarding the change in usefulness of print newspaper classified ads for real estate, posted earlier this week,  today I read in the financial post that Canada’s largest newspaper chain has been placed into creditor protection: http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=2420231 … Continue reading →

THE HORRIBLE TRUTH OF PATRICK MURPHY’S LAST DIP…POLAR THAT IS…AT SUNOKA BEACH! Well, it all started in previous years when I did manage the gumption to participate in Summerlands famous  New Years Polar Dip…things went well the first time; I … Continue reading →

Hello “gesture recognition”…read this on cnbc today…wow! http://www.cnbc.com/id/34622112

I remember about 4 or 5 years ago, when “convergence” was really kicking in with cell phones…today, my blackberry “device”  has converged into being: a phone a digital camera a video camera a voice recorder a gps mapping device… and … Continue reading →

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“A lot of investment pros and business leaders are concerned that the next big problem for the economy and the stock market could be a crisis in commercial real estate.” http://www.cnbc.com/id/34687773

Summerland since the days of Y2K, 1999?  What has changed?  What has not changed?  What changes would you like to see?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/decade/decade-nation-builder/clarence-louie/article1416807/ “He revolutionized how native reserves are run”… “Chief Louie has built a thriving economy, one based not on what he calls “rocking chair money” from natural resources, but on a series of businesses that have provided permanent jobs, a … Continue reading →

as to how situational ethics lead nowhere fast… http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/12/22/uk.priest.sermon.shoplift/index.html

(like his writing) “If the hard science of global warming, or at least as much of that emergent discipline that may be called hard science, is to be the factual and scientific fulcrum on which policies for the world’s energy … Continue reading →

http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/2010wintergames/still+grinning+Summerland+Kristi+Richards+wins+World+freestyle+moguls+gold/2331566/story.html