The disappointment of a cancelled leadership camp earlier this month will be erased next Monday when Grade 7 and OSS Leadership students in Osoyoos instead head to the Spirit Ridge Conference Centre. The Spirit of Leadership Forum — an opportunity for young leaders to create a positive, exciting start to the school year and build […]
Archives for October 2016
Interior Savings Credit Union crews to work in community Thursday
Interior Savings employees are rolling up their sleeves to lend a hand in their community and the Credit Union is offering up cash for others who’d like to get in on this act of local good. This mass volunteering effort marks the third annual Interior Savings’ Day of Difference and will include over 500 employees […]
A long walk in northern Spain
Lakeside Travel’s 10th Annual Getaway Gals a Huge Success- once again! 25 woman flew to Porto, Portugal where they explored sights and ‘port wine’ – then bused to Lugo – in Northern Spain to begin a 100km walk in the Camino Pilgrimage! After an amazing week – on their own two legs- they reached Santiago […]
MLA Linda Larson – monthly update
Report from Victoria October is Community Living Month in BC. It is important all year long to recognize and thank the organizations that make the lives of our developmentally disabled adults better, but special events during October raise that awareness for all of us. The workers and volunteers who spend their days with the developmentally […]
NDP nomination date set
* Sunday – January 15, 2017 says Okanagan Boundary constituency president Rhonda Bruce*. The association still setting up details of where and the time. Mattes says Brenda Dorosz of Osoyoos has been vetted by the party but the local group has not been told of any other candidate for nomination cleared by the provincial organization. Allan Patton […]
Constellation Brands – sold
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan revealed Monday it is buying the Canadian operations of U.S. alcohol company Constellation Brands for $1.03 billion. The purchase will see Teachers acquire Mississauga – based Constellation Brands Canada, which holds three commercial wineries, five estate wineries, and 163 Wine Rack stores throughout Ontario. The pension plan said Constellation’s Canadian division has approximately […]
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Responding to the alarms
No injuries. No damage 18:49 pm Monday – McGowan Subdivision – “Homeowners had their irrigation blown out and there was a valve inside the house as a drain that had a ‘build up’ of dust behind it. Valve let go or failed and the dust filled the house causing the home owners to call 911 […]