Rusty This is a compelling example of extremely bad and very good fathers. Rusty “cowered in the corner of a dirty, roach-infested death row cell in a South Carolina prison. His body curled in a fetal position, he seemed oblivious to the filth and stench around him.” He had been sentenced to death for murder. […]
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Approved – increased bus traffic Osoyoos to Kelowna
The applicant, Michael David Hathaway, doing business as Mountain Man Mike’s Mountain Man Mike’s (MMM), has a licence to operate inter-city buses (ICBs). The licence includes the following routes and minimum route frequencies (MRFs): • Route A (Kaslo – Kelowna) with MRF of 1 trip per week in each direction • Route B […]
100 T$ Sani Dump planned for airport…but….
The purpose of this report is to award the new “Airport Street Sani-Dump” project which was recently tendered and closed on June 9, 2020. Options to be debated Monday: 1. Award the ‘Airport Street Sani-dump’ to Mike Johnson Excavating Ltd for $99,233.40 which incorporates extra electrical work and pay option and increase the original budget […]
From the office – of the Premier of BC
Health professionals gambling on who is more intoxicated…..???? Native organizations asking Ministry of Health to hold a public inquiry into Indigenous-specific racism in the B.C. health-care system, with a focus on hospitals and emergency rooms, to ensure all front-line staff are required to take mandatory cultural training. “What is allegedly happening in B.C. hospitals to […]
Did you phone Fairview Mtn??
BC Government says Oliver trending toward 5000 people
As you are likely aware, under the Police Act (the Act) the provincial government is responsible for providing police services to municipalities under 5,000 population and unincorporated areas. The Province provides these services through the RCMP Provincial Service. Also, under the Act, a municipality with a population greater than 5,000 is responsible for providing and […]
Oliver – public safety, crime and the police
ODN has talked with a regional RCMP commander, local MP, Mayor of Oliver and former member of Oliver Safety and Crime Committee On the job RCMP is doing in the South Okanagan – MP Dick Canning – “morale quite low about pay for work and transfer out of detachments.” Canning says the “police have […]
by Audrey MacNaughton
Coots at Mahoney Lake