Spring job fairs in Oliver and Osoyoos. There will be no cost, and employers can book for one or both fairs. We have reached out and received confirmation from: Steve DiCastri – Warden Okanagan Correction Centre Fortis BC Osoyoos Indian Band Constellations Brands Watermark Resort This promises to be a great event. We would […]
News
Osoyoos – Save our Schools message
We are holding a poster rally on Sunday March 6 330-5pm at the Holiday Inn Osoyoos for students to make posters. Just a reminder about the School Closure consultation meeting (the second one) Tuesday March 8th at 7pm in the Sonora Centre gym NDP Victoria area MLA Rob Fleming Education Critic will be at […]
A bit of background
The Oliver Water System (the utility) services 2345 residential, 216 commercial and 614 agricultural and industry customers. A large broken underground pipe (syphon) was damaged by a large rock fall at Gallagher Lake in January. Scaling operations have begun to make the area safe for a construction repair job but scalers have found the area […]
Town scrambling to fill ‘The Ditch’
By ROY WOOD Town of Oliver engineers, staff and consultants are working flat out to avoid potential devastation to area agriculture, as repairs to the Oliver Water System may take much longer to affect than earlier predicted and irrigation season approaches. The Gallagher Lake siphon and flume section of the system was breached by a […]
MLA Linda Larson on possible closure of one Osoyoos School
Boundary-Similkameen MLA Linda Larson has released the following statement in regard to the school closure proposal in Osoyoos: One of the main functions of being an MLA is bringing people together, ensuring that different opinions do not become community divides. That is what I have been doing on the education front. I have met with […]
2015 Federal Elections results – hard to figure out
The electoral district of South Okanagan–West Kootenay (British Columbia) has a population of 112,096 with 91,999 registered voters and 250 polling divisions. NDP – Cannings victory largely in the Kootenays Results in the Okanagan show support for Conservatives and Liberals Green Party a spoiler with 10 percent of the winner’s vote 3rd – Liberals – […]
New notice (3)
Press for larger
Linda Larson – report from Victoria
MLA, Boundary-Similkameen This is a busy time in Victoria with budget estimates being discussed and bills being introduced in the Legislature almost daily. I will touch on another two that have interest for the Boundary-Similkameen: Bill 11, the Food and Agricultural Products Classification Act, replaces the Food Products Standards Act, the Agri-food Choice and Quality […]