www.radiowest.ca Fred Latremouille was born on October 21st 1945 in Nanaimo and his family moved to Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver, where his father became director of CBC Radio. There, Fred attended West Van High School, and then Kitsilano High School. His first broadcasting job was with CKYL, a country and western station in Peace River […]
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“Best years of my life”
She will be 90 on Saturday and her twins will be sixty – same day. Phyllis Toombs, born in Nanaimo, moved to Vancouver when she was nine. She lived with her parents on a quiet street in “Kits” – near other relatives at 5th and Maple. A nice area of town. In 1944 in a strange story that […]
Overall RDOS budget adopted
Financing all regional district operations THAT Bylaw No. 2686, 2015 Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen 2015-2019 Five Year Financial Plan be read a second and third time and adopted. Total $27.2 million with $10 million in capital costs Of this amount $14.5 million raised by tax requisition – other funding in grants and reserves. Included in this budget […]
Winery owner placed on Board of Nature Trust
Jim Wyse is the newest member of the Nature Trust of British Columbia’s board of directors. Wyse is the founder of Burrowing Owl Estate Winery in Oliver. He sits on the board of the Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of B.C. and is a past board member of the South Okanagan Rehabilitation Centre for Owls. One of […]
RDOS economic development ? No plan….
Directors at the Regional District have struggled with this idea for many years with some member districts, city and townshaving such staff presently and in the past. After a wide ranging discussion today in Penticton – no direct action will be taken to hire more regional district staff as most are uneasy with budget implications. […]
Hospital District Budget approved
Town of OLIVER $267,237 18,027 Town of OSOYOOS $474,383 21,924 ELECTORAL AREA A$157,398 9,265 ELECTORAL AREA C $202,202 10,690 ELECTORAL AREA D $479,669 16,545 Above amounts to be paid by taxpayers in the above jurisdictions in 2015 and the increase over last year. RDOS Hospital District funds capital costs and equipment not operations. Total tax requisition in […]
BC government moves on e-cigs
The Tobacco Control Amendment Act changes the Tobacco Control Act to include requirements for retailers to ensure e-cigarettes are sold only to adults aged 19 and above, and to make it possible to create regulations to ensure that no retail displays are targeted to youth and no retail advertising for e-cigarettes is shown where youth can […]
What would you work for ?
B.C. Federation of Labour is calling on the BC government to increase minimum wage to $15 per hour. The Fed says: ?How many British Columbians have been told that getting a job is their path out of poverty? Unfortunately, the sad truth is that thousands of full-time workers toiling at $10.25 per hour.” Not yet […]