The Board of Education of School District No. 53 (Okanagan Similkameen) invites community members to attend a budget meeting at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, May 13 in the School Board Annex (dark green building). The school district’s 2015/16 annual budget will be presented, after which we invite your input, comments and questions. We appreciate […]

Answers to some questions recently asked: Road improvement work that began in early April on a section of Highway 97 between McAlpine Bridge and the Husky have now been completed with crews headed to new sites… but.. There are two contracts for this project, with the first seeing the resurfacing of the highway from Osoyoos […]

MLA LINDA LARSON BOUNDARY-SIMILKAMEEN Congratulations to the Okanagan-Kootenay Sterile Insect Release Program on receiving international recognition for its work. The program won a prestigious Integrated Pest Management Achievement Award. While it started in the late 1970s, it took many years for all levels of government to come on board and financially support this program. The […]

London – This summer, Christie’s London is honoured to present a unique and remarkable piece of British history at auction – an authentic and immaculately restored Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1A – P9374/G-MK1A (estimate: £1,500,000-2,500,000). As we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain, Christie’s is proud to mark […]

I’m hoping that spring is on the way here in Edmonton. The last snow fall is all melted and the grass is finally green. We may get one more snow dump before the month is over and that is why the rule of thumb is that nothing goes into the ground until the long week-end […]