Short meeting at the RDOS today: 1. The board has approved a motion to have the Environment and Infrastructure Committee look into the question of what are the negative and positive effects that will result if Fortis builds a $400 million dam on the Similkameen River west of Princeton. Rural H Director Brad Hope of […]
Archives for July 2014
RDOS briefs
Sun Fun – annual picture
Press for larger A full day including an afternoon at the spray park. About 29 classmates this day at Oliver Parks and Recreation
Tory nomination vote days set
Conservative party members in the new federal riding of South Okanagan-West Kootenay will choose their candidate later this month. Marshall Neufeld of Penticton and Rick deJong of Westbank have both had their nominations accepted by party officials. They were the only two candidates when nominations closed late last week. Voting will take place from July […]
R.I.P Ida Barisoff
Obituary for the late Ida Barisoff November 20, 1926 – July 1, 2014 On Tuesday July 1, 2014, Mrs. Ida Barisoff of Oliver passed away peacefully at the South Okanagan General Hospital at the age of 87 years. She was predeceased by her husband Walter in 1997. Ida will be fondly remembered by her loving […]
Plain red
Kayla Pepper, a spokeswoman with the province’s Wildfire Management Branch, said the fire was about two hectares in size, and the Kamloops Fire Centre had sent two three-person initial-attack crews plus a response officer, one helicopter and two water tenders, which are used to haul water into the area. Also battling the fire were air […]