Our provincial parks are in trouble BC Parks stewards some of North America’s most spectacular and diverse landscapes and seascapes. Our parks are at the core of our identity as British Columbians and are vital for supporting our health and economy. Our parks system is the largest provincial system in Canada, and yet it is […]
Archives for July 2017
No fires please
An Okanagan Falls resident was charged under the Wildfire Act and fined over $1,100 for having an open fire in his backyard. Sgt. Andrew Baylis said RCMP, the B.C. Conservation Service and Okanagan Falls Volunteer Fire Department all responded to an open burning complaint July 18. The fire department extinguished the fire. All open burning […]
August approaches
August 12th – Penticton Peachfest – Parade August 19th – Oliver’s Roots and Fruits* Expo – Parade
Letter to the editor
From Nick Marty My concerns about Fortis presentation to be made today: In their June presentation they listed their “rate design principles” which included “fair appointment of costs among customers”, “price signals to encourage efficient use” and “avoidance of undue discrimination”. And I wrote in saying they should add impact on the environment to this […]
Young teens rescued from middle of windy lake
West Kelowna – A pair of Mounties, one from West Kelowna and the other Kelowna, conducting boat patrols on Sunday say “a real tragedy was avoided” on the waters of Okanagan Lake when the officers located two youths adrift in the midst of strong gusty winds. On July 23, 2017 at approximately 2:30 pm, officers […]
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Police-reported crime in Canada, as measured by the Crime Severity Index (CSI), increased for the second year in a row in 2016. The CSI measures the volume and severity of police-reported crime in Canada, and has a base index value of 100 for 2006. In 2016, the national CSI increased 1% from 70.1 in 2015 […]
Development eyed north of Lions Park
By ROY WOOD Oliver council is in no hurry to spend money exploring options and servicing details for land north of Lions Park and east of Highway 97, but it will begin preliminary, low-cost explorations. Monday’s decision to proceed slowly followed a request to the town from Murray Soder, the owner of a parcel at […]
Speed traps (photo radar) and a 30 percent ICBC rate hike ?
Large hike in ICBC rates needed says secret report The report by Ernst & Young, commissioned under the previous government and leakedto the media says a massive overhaul to the Insurance Corp. of B.C. must happen immediately in order to avoid steep rate hikes forecast over the next two years. “B.C.’s auto insurance system is facing […]