Mt. Baldy Last day of operations, subject to snow conditions will be March 29th, 2021. Mt. Apex Scheduled to close April 5th. *** Schools in District #53 Okanagan Similkameen So the answer is yes! circled date are holidays or days of different breaks in the year squared off date are NON instructional days This week […]

JUDGE J.C. HAYNES John Carmichael Haynes left Ireland in 1858, hoping to join the police force which Chartres Brew, a friend of his uncle and chief inspector of police, expected to establish in the new colony of British Columbia. They arrived in Victoria on Christmas Day 1858, and early in January 1859 Governor James Douglas […]

OLD CORNER SHOP We all knew the old corner shop when we were kids. Every street had a shop, usually owned by a family, where you could buy almost anything for long hours every day, except Sunday, of course. You could buy anything from a candle, during a power cut, first aid supplies for accidents […]

March 24, 2021 Karla Kozakevich, Chair Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen Dear Chair Kozakevich: Thank you for your letter regarding funding for an incorporation study in Electoral Area ‘D’ to look at assessing costs and benefits, combining a boundary analysis report for Area ‘D’ and community engagement initiative. Further to my letter of January 22, I […]

  Getting the COVID-19 vaccine If you were born in 1947 or earlier (74+), are an Aboriginal person born in 1966 (55+) or earlier, or are an Aboriginal Elder, you may call now to book your vaccination appointment. Only call in when you’re eligible. You may call in any time after you become eligible. Family […]