We had 8 members attend the search. Jim McConnell was one of the SAR managers from our team that was working the search in conjunction with the other SOSSAR (South Okanagan Similkameen Search and Rescue group) SOSSAR consists of teams throughout the region: – Oliver/Osoyoos Search and Rescue – Penticton and District Search and Rescue […]
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“just nibblin'”
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Winners all
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“We will be using command resources to field business advisors to work hands-on with branches and help in a very direct way. In my term, our decisions will be tested by one question: Does this help our branches? If the answer is yes, we will do everything possible to deliver that assistance. I am personally […]
Fixture at Chamber set to leave
The South Okanagan Chamber of Commerce is losing long term CEO, Bonnie Dancey. Bonnie is leaving the Chamber after 11 years as CEO to pursue an exciting opportunity in a social enterprise organization that will see her travelling throughout the Okanagan & Kootenay regions of the province. Sources at the Chamber indicate Bonnie is now […]
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2015 Scholarships and Bursaries – Total $107 thousand
Academic Cup Winner Olivia Ruddiman Secondary School Apprenticeship $1,000.00 Kurtis Boonstra Secondary School Apprenticeship $1,000.00 Austin Cooper Secondary School Apprenticeship $1,000.00 Jaymin Dias Secondary School Apprenticeship $1,000.00 Brett McMillan Secondary School Apprenticeship $1,000.00 Alicia Thomson Secondary School Apprenticeship $1,000.00 Stormie Tomma Secondary School Apprenticeship $1,000.00 TJ Wilchynski District Dogwood Authority Award $1,000.00 Brianna Agostinho District […]
Kelowna beach concern
Imagine looking out your window every day and seeing someone defecate in your backyard, use drugs, run around naked, fight, or scream endless profanities. Residents living along the Abbott corridor near Lake Avenue have just about had enough of it. Dayna Margetts says it started earlier than usual this year, flocks of transients, out of […]