Okanagan Water Basin – Snowpack at 122% – latest figures released Above normal snowpack in southern BC including the Boundary area at 114% with the Similkameen at 103% of normal. By early February, nearly two-thirds of the annual BC snowpack has typically accumulated. At this stage in the season, there are two emerging snow pack […]
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Who?
1939 arrived in Osoyoos from Europe Order of BC 1966 Queen’s Jubilee Medal 2012
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 […]