The Honourable Minister Fassbender Minister of Education Dear Minister Fassbender: Re: Existing Shared Services in School District No. 53 and Concerns re Bill 11 We wish to express our concern regarding the potential impact of Bill 11 on the co-governance role of trustees. As locally elected school trustees we make decisions based on the best […]
Archives for May 2015
Letter to the Education Minister
Alien invasion sounds back in Terrace
Authorities have cited two reasons: trains braking and the grinding of a snow blade by Terrace PW crews. Eerie sound – no sign of tall alien creatures walking the streets shrieking. This is the second time a story has come out about the noises. Once in 2013 (this video) and one a few days […]
Castanet reports
An 84-year-old Oliver man was killed as a result of a single vehicle collision on the Okanagan Connector Tuesday night. The crash occurred about 7pm two kms east of Brenda Mines. Police say the vehicle went off road to the right. No word as to why the vehicle left the road. An accident reconstructionist is […]
Don’t load your wheelchair on the ramp – just yet
Here’s a photo of the eastside wheelchair ramp completed yesterday afternoon. They haven’t done the other side yet but it didn’t take them long to do this side. The idea was brilliantly simple: dig a hole; stack two giant cement blocks in it; add section of bridging, one end resting on the blocks, the other […]
Are you the owner?
Anyone know who owns this abandoned boat in the Ox Bows facing Radio Tower south of Rd 22? Photo submitted by Neil Bousquet
Council briefs – reporter Roy Wood
Wasted water at Loose Bay A mechanical problem at the Loose Bay campground for itinerant farm workers has resulted in an apparent over-use of water provided free by the Town of Oliver. Chief Financial Officer David Svetlichny told council that the water used at Loose Bay could have resulted in about $4300 in revenue to […]
