100 Men Who Care Penticton and Highway to Healing Support Society Team up to support families! After their latest gathering, 100 Men Who Care Penticton chose to gift almost $6,000 to Highway to Healing. Society President Gail Barriskill says “These funds represent a significant boost to Highway to Healing. It is only through direct community […]
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Think about it with Joseph Seiler
Culture To culture is to nurture an environment suitable, even optimal, for growth. A cultured pearl is when man helps nature do Her job in growing the pearl inside the oyster. I wonder why we don’t put more effort into culturing society or at least children in classrooms, or at home? A greenhouse is where […]
Province says okay to milfoil-control-program on Okanagan Lake
Milfoil Control Permits and Okanagan Lake On April 24th, OBWB received a formal response from B.C. FLNRORD to our notification (permit) for the milfoil control program. The letter authorizes OBWB to continue with milfoil control for the next five years, with a number of terms and conditions, including new restrictions around any site with known […]
In the back yard
Submitted by Linda Isaak
Colourful sign in OK Falls
Legion Branch 227 Hwy 97
Minimum wage $13.65
B.C.’s general hourly minimum wage will increase to $13.85 from $12.65, and the minimum wage rates for liquor servers, resident caretakers and live-in camp leaders will all also increase, effective June 1, 2019.Regular increases to minimum wages are one way government is helping to make life more affordable for people, while providing the predictability and […]