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Archives for September 2014
Things for kids to do
Kids aren’t in school? Looking for something educational? Have you visited the Osoyoos & District Museum and Archives? Our main focus is the history of Osoyoos, and how local, national, and international events contributed to shaping our unique community. New exhibits opened for summer 2014 include “Early Osoyoos, From customs post to modern village—its history […]
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BC Unions throw support to teachers
Thirteen B.C. union leaders wrote Premier Christy Clark on Tuesday urging the government to accept the B.C. Teachers’ Federation proposal to end the impasse with binding arbitration, emphasizing that politicians should stop pointing to the financial framework within their unions’ collective agreements as the obstacle to getting a deal. The unions represent some 350,000 public […]
Mine not in compliance – directed to take prompt action
WILLIAMS LAKE – On Sept.4, 2014, the Mount Polley mining facility was inspected by staff from the Ministry of Environment and was found to be out of compliance with the Environmental Management Act (EMA) because effluent was still discharging from the tailings storage facility into Hazeltine Creek. Today, a ministry statutory decision-maker sent an advisory […]
Council report with Pat Hampson
Committee September 8th, 2014 Review of Land Use Procedure Bylaw 1147- Notification of Development Applications: Under the Local Government Act, Council shall notify all properties within a minimum of 30 meters of a development application. At present Land Use Procedures Bylaw 1147 specifies that all properties within 30 meters of such application shall be notified […]
Do you smell peanuts ?
Bad enough – now I am shedding Photo by Doris Lancaster on Peanut Pond A turtle shell is bone – many bones joined tightly together. The shell bones are covered by horny plates call scutes. It is the scutes that are replaced from underneath shedding the outer layers.