Decisions at the Regional District Board meeting today: 1. Unanimous – RDOS board says NO to any funds for Penticton Challenge Race organizers. Mayor Andrew Jakubeit declared a conflict and removed himself from any discussions about subsidies or sponsorship on this race event (formerly Ironman). ‘Heartless’ said Tom Siddon ‘Sideways’ said Michael Brydon RDOS supports are for seed […]
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Rant
Heading out to a meeting on the “drought”. What drought I might ask. Everyone is talking about the drought . Couple of points in my humble opinion – a number of people and organizations are whipping up hysteria. One man told me that Victoria lawns are brown and in Oliver we are wasting the water […]
Whooping cough on the increase – under one most at risk
Interior Health is seeing an increase in pertussis cases, also known as whooping cough, and would like to remind parents about the importance of making sure their children’s immunizations are up to date. Pertussis activity is being seen across the region with the majority of cases currently in the Central Okanagan. “Infants under […]
Violence Action plan for health care sites
Four high-priority health-care sites will be safer thanks to collaboration between the Ministry of Health and the BC Nurses’ Union (BCNU). As part of the ministry’s Violence Prevention Action Plan, the ministry and BCNU will jointly provide $2 million to fund violence prevention actions at sites that deal with some of the province’s most complex […]
Stop By Fairview Mountain
Anarchist Fire Department – new chief
Letter to Anarchist Mtn. Fire Department I am pleased to let you know that we have received a formal response from Urs Grob indicating his acceptance for the position of Fire Chief. Urs will start his new role on Wednesday August 12th. It was apparent from all the candidates that there are a number of […]
Letter to the editor
Dear editor. I’m a long term care aid in our small community for almost ten years now. I was recently assaulted at work on July 17 2015. I’m hoping that people will read this and try to get a better understanding of the threat of violence to care staff on a daily basis. I was kicked […]
