by Marion Boyd Grab a chair and $10 (only $5 if you are a student) and come for some fun! Thursday, June 9th at 7 pm Oliver’s Grandmothers for Africa are presenting the Thursday Night Jazz Band at the Quail’s Nest on Airport Road. Last year these amazing musicians filled the air with toe tapping, […]

Disappointing OSS announcement little more than strong words for district board Province delivers $118,000 in savings, expects SD53 to reconsider school closing What many hoped would be an announcement this morning Osoyoos Secondary School would remain open turned out instead to be nothing more than a little extra cash and some strong words for the […]

MLA enters school closure fray Linda Larson used a minor funding announcement Tuesday to urge the Okanagan-Similkameen school board to renew efforts to keep Osoyoos Secondary School open despite its decision last month to close it at the of June. The Boundary-Similkameen MLA, who has been staying out of the school-closure controversy because, “I have […]

May 31, 2016 Flummoxed: to be bewildered or perplexed. I remain flummoxed by the actions of the Liberal government, our local politicians and some of our local ‘media’ as it relates the recent announcement of funding for education. For the politicians: As educators and community members waited with bated breath for an announcement about funding […]

The board will meet soon to discuss the announcement and how it might affect the budget. “We will have to look at everything again. But 118 thousand, to me, I don’t know if that is enough money. … I can’t go out on a limb and say, yeah, we’re going to keep the school open. […]

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