Committee of the Whole Meeting November 24th 2014. Kehar & Sharanjit Khaira – 247 Oak Avenue – roadway washout The Khairas were at the Committee Meeting to await Council’s decision on relief from the original bill sent to them for work done to repair damage from a water leak which occurred in late August of last […]
Archives for 2014
New addition at Sen Pok Chin school
Star of the show – Chief Clarence Louie – at elementary school to cut ribbon on 2nd addition at Sen Pok Chin as enrollment numbers grow. New wing is designed to give more space for individual student learning and native language studies.
Update: on child poverty
A coalition of advocacy groups says the level of child poverty in B.C. is growing, with roughly 1 in 5 children in the province living in poverty. In its annual B.C. Child Poverty Report Card, released Monday morning, the First Call coalition says 169,240 children were living below the poverty line in B.C. in 2012. Last year, the number cited in their […]
Rustico Farm and Cellars Winery
Join the Oliver Sagebrushers for an Old Fashioned Christmas Nov. 29 and 30th at Rustico Farm & Cellars winery, Highway 97 and Rd. 16 West. Rustico Winery is decorated with lights on Doc’s buggy, a covered wagon and the pergola. The western theme is throughout the property including the heritage log home lit up for […]
Condolences
Obituary Theodorus Johannes (Ted) Brouwer December 11, 1925 – November 21, 2014 With bravery and customary wit, Ted approached his last days organizing, directing and managing, even planning his eventual celebration, finally passing quietly in the morning of November 20, 2014, at the age of nearly 89, after a month long hospitalization. Diagnosed with a […]
To hibernate or not
My husband and I walked up the landfill road north of Osoyoos and were shocked to find these bear prints in the snow. Thought all would be hibernated by now. Just thought people might want to know. Barbara Derksen
High up – above the cloud cover
Photo by Linda Sheehy-Brownstein Press to enlarge