Hotel Las Palmas Retired Tuc-el-nuit teacher, Katie Friesen, bought an old Mexican hotel on Isla Mujeres (near Cancun) six years ago. She and daughter Safari renovated the place from top to bottom, put in comfortable furniture, planted an interior tropical garden, created a rooftop area with communal kitchen, dipping pool, and sunning deck, and were […]
Archives for February 2014
Complimentary Seminar
Topics include an understanding of the executor’s legal responsibilities along with a realistic expectation of costs and timelines, time-saving and money-saving tips, dangers of joint ownership, explanation of probate, capital gains tax overview, funeral pre-planning information as well as cremation options. When Thursday February 27 10 am Where: Watermark Beach Resort 15 Park Place Osoyoos […]
Update – Assessments – are they falling?
Town of Oliver Assessments ( Values for the purpose of taxation ) Assessments 2014 Total $655,096,950 Residential only 560,830,162 Down 3% Assessments 2013 Total $ 671, 726,143 Residential only 578,155,549 Down 2.5% Assessments 2012 Total $ 685,081,411 Residential only 593,345,578 Have done this exercise based on a letter that came across my desk about a […]
Government appeals court ruling
The Attorney General of British Columbia today filed a Notice of Motion and 10 affidavits supporting the Province’s request to stay two terms in a judgment made by Justice Griffin in the Supreme Court of British Columbia on Jan. 27, 2014. If granted by the Court of Appeal, the stay of proceeding would suspend the […]
Boost for cherry farmers given by government
Three projects by the B.C. Tree Fruits Cooperative (BCTFC) will tackle tree cankers and cherry packing efficiencies to boost net returns of growers. The BCTFC is receiving joint federal-provincial funding for a three-year study testing control methods for tree cankers, to improve fruit tree health. Funding is also being provided for installation of the latest […]
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Art and artists
Art at the Olympics It makes me proud to be Canadian when I see the sportsmanship the Canadian athletes have displayed at The Olympic Games, not to mention the medals. Magically the games have been beamed into our living rooms in real time! The most amazing spectacles, the costumes, the performers, the quality of the […]
