Peachland POST YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
The week of June 27, 2025
GOOD GRIEF Dealing with loss is not once-size-fits-all says Dawn Boys P.6
BLISSFUL The local bakery Bliss is celebrating 20 years in the Central Okanagan P.8
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ABOUT TOWN Find out what’s going on and where it’s happening P.11
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EDITION
CHILDCARE
The Kids are Alright
The opening of the Peachland Childcare Centre could help bring into town something it could really use: young families By John McDonald
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Staff Reporter
long with panoramic lake views and the classic car show, Peachland is well known for its population of seniors. That means the majority of Peachlanders – at least those who have children – are well past the age of needing childcare for a young family. Conversations at the Edgewater Inn or Bliss Bakery are far more likely to revolve around the need for eldercare for aging parents rather than the need to secure a
District of Peachland photo
An artist’s rendition of the soon-to-be constructed facility.
much-coveted spot in one of the few local childcare facilities. Almost 60 per cent of Peachland residents are at least 55 years or older, according to StatsCan and indeed, much has been written about the construction downtown of a second rent controlled apartment building by the Peachland Seniors Support Society. So its refreshing to see the
District of Peachland throw its financial and organizational support behind a new 104 space child care centre to be constructed on district-owned land adjacent to the Peachland elementary school. BGC Okanagan runs an existing childcare centre in Peachland’s Historic School and has been selected as the contracted operator of the new facility.
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Staff there are already enthusing about it, even before construction has begun. “It’s a great vision, it’s a beautiful community,” said Kirstie Blanleil, vice-president of child care for the non-profit society which also runs child care centres in Kelowna, West Kelowna and Lake Country. SEE KIDS PAGE 7
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