By ROY WOOD A concept plan for a half-million-dollar pier at Gyro Beach was unveiled Tuesday, as part of a public consultation about what the facility will eventually look like. Ed Grifone of Kelowna-based CTQ Consultants explained to a dozen or so members of the public at the Sonora Centre in Osoyoos that the broad […]
Archives for November 2015
BC gets three positions in federal cabinet
“On behalf of the Government of British Columbia, I want to congratulate Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his newly appointed cabinet ministers. “I am pleased to see British Columbia will be well represented at the cabinet table. I know ministers Jody Wilson-Raybauld, Harjit Sajjan and Carla Qualtrough will be strong, passionate advocates not just for […]
Municipal spending – Oliver and Keremeos ranked in top 10
Ranking in Thompson Okanagan area – the less the number better Summerland 26 Penticton 23 Oliver 7 (25th in province) Osoyoos 21 Keremeos 4 (14th in province) Princeton 17 Only 6 out of the 152 municipalities (4%) examined in BC kept operating spending in line with inflation and population growth over the past decade. No […]
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Terry Irvine (4)
Help me – with memories
It was the war years. The 1929 Building called the O T O High School. Where did the elementary and primary students go to school? Old scout hall? and Testalinda Creek? Thanks to Linda and Art Isaak – we will do a larger tribute to this era closer to Remembrance Day. 1929 Building – 12 […]
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RDOS to control Willowbrook water utility
Regional District Okanagan Similkameen directors will likely approve the acquisition of a water utility after the present owner decided to relinquish control to the water customers. In 1972 the Willowbrook Water Utility was established by Terry and Jo Johnson. 80 lots are currently served with a 12 inch well, 28 thousand gallon storage unit and […]