It was a packed house at the Eastlink Curling Centre last Saturday for Family Fun Day: 33 kids from 3 to 11 years old and 22 adults came out to learn how to curl. From all the smiles and laughter, they also learned curling is definitely a lot of fun! This Curling 101 session began […]

Grade 7 French Immersion students supervise the entire school population as a learning experience based on “Carnaval” –  Quebec Winter Carnival (oops)*  – food, dance, sculpture, exercise, and even mock snow ball dunking. Thanks to Principal P. Takacs and teacher D. Simpson for the invite to Tuc-el-nuit Elementary.

Agriculture Water Supply Communications Project The second year of this 3-year project is in full swing. The District of Lake Country and the Town of Oliver joined the project last week, bringing the number of participating water suppliers to 10. Greater Vernon Water, Kelowna, West Kelowna, Penticton, RDOS, Glenmore-Ellison, Kaleden, and Summerland are all participating […]

A two day affair finished with little interest, really,  by the public on Wednesday Budget meetings open to the media and public. No one attends. But they are televised for those interested. Basics: 9 percent tax increase on general budget – designed to increase capacity and to be spent mostly on the capital side. Approvals: […]

    Several small suspicious packages are being discarded on the streets of Osoyoos. Over the past few weeks, small taped up packages have been discarded throughout the Town of Osoyoos. The Osoyoos RCMP have had several turned into them and have also found many themselves. Examination of the packages has shown them to mostly […]