Adrian Dix, leader and Lana Popham, BC NDP Agricultural Critic, touring  the South Okanagan stopped in Oliver for 4 hours yesterday. The agenda is to gather information about the   correctional site with Chief Clarence Louie, talk with some local growers at Forbes Farm regarding the state of agriculture in the Boundary Similkameen,  and then a tour of SOSS site with SD #53 Superintendent Bev Young and Director of Operations Mitch van Aller.

1. Group forms on 107th for tour – left to right van Aller, Basso Popham, Dix, and Young (above)

3. Group tours damaged areas of new parts of SOSS that are in a phase of clean up and repair

4. MLA’s move on through site heading to the area where students are housed in portables.