The Painted Chair Spring and Summer clothing must make way for Fall and Winter Wednesdays and Saturdays Open 9am ’til noon The Painted Chair is located at 5857 Sawmill Rd in Oliver 250.485.2500 All furniture sold at the Painted Chair is creatively upcycled by clients of Hovanes Community Services Ltd. and clothing is donated by […]
Archives for 2014
9 districts ratify agreements for education support
VICTORIA – Nine more school districts and more than 2,700 support staff workers have recently ratified new agreements under the B.C. government’s 2014 Economic Stability Mandate. The nine school districts are: * SD 10 (Arrow Lake) – 70 support staff workers (CUPE Local 2450) * SD 22 (Vernon) – 503 support staff workers (CUPE Local […]
News blackout – have school talks resumed ?
Talks to begin talks – began late Thursday No word on actual bargaining – or exploratory discussions with Mediator Vince Ready. Expectation of a full resumption of strike action Monday – third week with no school.
Best advice for seniors and…..
Seniors in B.C. have reported a surge in cold calls warning them that their computers have been infected with a virus—and if they give the caller remote access to their machine, it can be fixed. The problem is, there’s no way for anyone to know if you are having computer problems, until they access your […]
Notice
Skatepark Tour! Tuesday Sept 16. Youth 9 years and up = $20 Leave from Oliver Community Centre at 9am, ride the Peachland and Penticton youth parks, return to the OCC around 4. Only 22 seats available. Youth must sign up with consent of an adult through the Community Centre in order to go. Recreation Office […]
Tonight
Beautiful northern lights are expected to put on a show across Canada tonight, even in the South, thanks to the double impact from solar plasma hitting the Earth today. The combined effect “should light up the skies pretty good over Canada,” predicts William Murtagh, program co-ordinator for the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colo. […]
21/27
21 months of jail time and then 27 months of probation – a sentence handed out today in Penticton Law Courts to a former businessman who pled guilty to two counts of sexual assault. 59 year Gary Leaman was sentenced today by Judge Gail Sinclair who said the assaults on two separate persons were not […]
Open letter
Honourable Christy Clark: I write to you today with concerns over the plans by the Heritage Branch to devolve the care of the Heritage site “the Grist Mill” near Keremeos from the care of the Provincial Government to either a private entity, a society, or the residents of the local Regional and Municipal areas. In […]