At last night’s Rotary meeting, outgoing president, Ann Hayes presented this cheque for $6000 to Trudy Demorest and Janet Shaw of the Desert Valley Hospice Society. This is the Rotary Club’s ongoing commitment to support local initiatives. The hospice society partnered with the Rotary club at their recent auction in April and this is part […]
Archives for 2012
$6000 donated to Desert Valley Hospice Society
Upgrade your retail tourism skills
VICTORIA – A provincially funded program will upgrade the industry and job-specific skills of 1,200 eligible participants working in tourism and retail sectors in British Columbia. As part of ‘Canada Starts Here – the BC Jobs Plan’, our government has invested over $4.2 million in the Workplace Training Program which provides training and development opportunities […]
Teachers and boards settle
Minister of Education George Abbott has issued the following statement: “We are pleased that mediation has resulted in a tentative Memorandum of Settlement between the British Columbia Public School Employers’ Association and the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation. “Under Dr. Charles Jago’s guidance, the parties worked extremely hard and made progress on many important issues. “The […]
Spotting White Lake
and around the corner water brings out the spots
Dyeing cloth – spinners and weavers at Quail’s Nest this week
Take a look – volunteer – meet new staff
Very high up in the rain – where is it?
John is right – Testalinda high up (Testalinden Lake) photo by Ed and Lorraine Dukes No more culvert – no more road