. Purpose- The South Okanagan Similkameen Fire Chiefs (Anarchist Mtn, Kaleden, Keremeos, Okanagan Falls, Naramata and Willowbrook) by delegation wish to provide an update and request two motions at the July 19th Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen Board meeting. Topic 1 – Fire Chiefs Activities · The Fire Chiefs attending will provide a Brief Management […]
Archives for July 2018
Rural fire chiefs present motions to RDOS
Let's pause for a minute and not leap over the cliff
Oliver & District Community Economic Development Society (ODCEDS) Dissolution and Distribution of Funds Administrative Recommendation: THAT the sum of $40,381.98 from the General Revenue Fund, being the equity remaining after all debts and liabilities paid in relation to the Oliver & District Community Economic Development Society, and pursuant to Section 124(2) of the Societies Act, […]
"Enough is Enough" – local business closes
Terry Feeney has a group of companies but in the last year has rearranged a lot of his businesses, sold some, bought others but says it is disheartening to close one because of crime. In 2011 – Terry renovated a service station (Oasis) at a cost of $250 thousand. 3 days from opening date – […]
Every morning she says
” A cute shot of my little hummingbird friend who sits on the tomato stand every morning…” Doris Lancaster
Goal posts moved again – on cannabis production
Local and First Nations governments now are able to prohibit cannabis production in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) within their communities, unless it is grown in ways that preserve the productive capacity of agricultural land. This regulatory change, effective immediately, gives authority to local and Indigenous governments to prohibit cement-based, industrial-style, cannabis-production bunkers on ALR […]
by Michael (Barry) Lancaster
As I was walking back to my house after coffee at the Cock n’ Bull I heard the unmistakeable alarm calls of a Killdeer coming from the vacant plots opposite OK Tire. Knowing that at least once, that species had bred there recently, I looked for the female. Sure enough, there she was shepherding 4 chicks […]
On the Sunnyside
Splinters I was walking on the bedroom carpet in my bare feet when a wooden splinter poked painfully into the bottom of my foot. How did that get there? I immediately pulled away at the splinter but the tip broke off and stayed under the skin. Repeated efforts with a pair of tweezers merely […]