Questions and answers about the underfunding of BC public schools February 2016 What about the holdback? The operating grants funding includes a holdback that is held in contingency to provide funding for unanticipated enrolment that occurs during the school year beyond what has been estimated before the school year begins3. The 2015–16 holdback of $55.5 […]

  OLIVER – The B.C. government released its fourth consecutive balanced budget on Tuesday and it includes several initiatives to help Boundary-Similkameen and rural British Columbians, Boundary-Similkameen MLA Linda Larson said. “Our government’s strong, responsible fiscal management has resulted in another balanced budget and several key benefits for people in Boundary-Similkameen,” Larson said. “I’m excited […]

By ROY WOOD The local labour force is not growing fast enough and new immigrants are key to meeting the needs of employers, Osoyoos council was told this week. Nora Hunt-Haft of the South Okanagan Similkameen Local Immigration Partnership presented a council committee with a slickly-produced, 70-page report titled Let’s Talk Jobs. The Local Immigration […]

1. The purchase of a newly built home valued at up to $750,000 will now be exempt from the property transfer tax, saving the buyer up to $13,000. The measure will be funded through an increase in the property tax transfer rate on homes with a value above $2 million, from two to three per […]

ODN asked Town of Oliver PW Manager, Shawn Goodsell for an update on the Gallagher Lake rock slide Here is a quick update on the siphon damage project The 78” concrete pipe has just been ordered and with delivery it is in the $57k range. The pipe will be here in three weeks. We recently […]