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Archives for February 2016
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Save our School! – a simple plea
The meeting begins with a brief introduction by School Board Chair Marieze Tarr. The gym is packed – 800 plus people. A crowd upstairs near the rafters. That’s another story for another day. No one counting as that could be problematic. This crowd is hungry for answers. Is it final? One of our schools must […]
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One weekend – don’t drink and drive
This past weekend South Okanagan Traffic Services with the assistance of citizens took many impaired drivers off of South Okanagan roads. This included the following: Penticton – One Criminal Code Impaired Driving charge and One Refuse to Provide Breath Samples charge Okanagan Falls – Two Criminal Code Impaired Driving charges – One Refuse to Provide Breath Samples […]
Town of Oliver – Meeting night
7pm Public Hearing – Council Chambers Official Community Plan – amendment bylaw 1070.05 and Zoning – amendment bylaw 1350-12 Property located at 5830 Okanagan Street To rezone property to allow for three unit townhouse complex with RV storage garage below Council Meeting to follow Delegation – Angelique Wood – Okanagan-Similkameen Healthy Living Coalition […]
$31 thousand to new “acute care hospital” in Penticton
First it was a small cheque for $1000 that arrived in the mail last week. Janice Perrino then invited to speak at a Kiwanis meeting where she got a surprise – a much larger cheque for $30 thousand. The South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation now at the half way mark of cash and pledges in […]
South Okanagan SAR Teams rescue man on snowmobile
Shortly after 8:00 P.M. Monday February 8, 2016 Penticton Search and Rescue were alerted by RCMP that a snowmobilier who had gone out for a short ride in the Allendale Lake Recreation Area in the afternoon and had not returned. PENSAR alerted neighboring SAR team from Oliver Osoyoos and a total of twenty-six SAR volunteers […]