B.C.’s food business is booming, selling more products outside of Canada in 2015 than ever before. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, exports reached a record $3.5 billion in 2015, and that number is anticipated to grow as the governments of Canada and British Columbia continue efforts to promote B.C. food overseas. “The partnership between […]
Archives for 2016
Council Briefs
Ambassadors – changing of the guard – Mayor Ron Hovanes presented plaques and flowers to outgoing youth ambassadors Ishika Gill, Gavin Buttar and Surmeet Sandhu for a job well done in 2015-2016. Incoming youth ambassadors Simi Gill, Manvir Ghadu, Jeevan Gill and Jasleen Dhillon given certificates before taking an oath at Monday’s Town of Oliver council meeting. […]
Jacob – Osoyoos Physio
90 thousand dollars from Legion Branches to Penticton Hospital tower
Several Royal Canadian Legion branches in the South Okanagan-Similkameen have pledged to raise $90,000 over five years to help provide medical equipment for the Penticton Regional Hospital expansion. This includes $6,000 from Legion Branch 227 (Okanagan Falls) presented to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation’s former executive-director Janice Perrino by (from left) Branch president Wayne […]
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Sunday on Baldy – Edwin Dukes
Notice the frost
Rest in peace
Obituary for the late Darryl Evert Johnson August 19, 1950 – September8, 2016 It is with great sadness that the family of Darryl Evert Johnson announce his passing on September 8, 2016 after a brief but valiant battle with cancer at the age of 66 years. Predeceased by his father Fred, he is […]
