By Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations After more than 10 years of review and negotiations, it’s time to put the issue of wildlife-harvest allocation behind us and have some certainty. At the end of the day, all stakeholders want the same thing – healthy wildlife populations that can be sustainably used […]
News
BC hunters – time to put the issue “behind us”
Silent auction – fundraiser
Silent Auction for FEED THE VALLEY – Support your local food bank Valley First has taken down our “Map of the Okanagan” that has been hanging in our window for several years. We notice lots of people stop to look at it. It can now be in your business or in your home. We are […]
Report on Education
We would like to congratulate all of our education partners and especially Jim Insley, our educators, and the Aboriginal Education Advisory Council on the excellent graduation results of 2014. We received a letter from the Minister of Education, Peter Fassbender congratulating the Board of Education on the 75%, six year completion rate of our Aboriginal […]
Do you care?
C-51: A LOSS OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS There has been a great deal in the news over the past few weeks about C-51, the government’s news Anti-Terrorism Act. It is another one in a series of omnibus bills and contains 62 pages covering everything from expanding the mandate of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) […]
Some time ago – a happy day
Mona Topping and Windy Bone
Al Sismey – ‘Crimestopper’ – steps down
“Yes, it is time to hang up my spurs!!!! I will be done March 31 to make room for some “new blood”!!!” Crime Stoppers regional co-ordinator Al Sismey, the only paid staff person with a volunteer-driven organization that started in Penticton about 23 years ago. Crime Stoppers at that time was new program created in the U.S. […]
