Kelowna – Two young men are nursing injuries suffered when they ran in front of a truck at the Intersection of Bernard and Richter just after 5 p.m. today. According to horrified witnesses, three males had crossed Bernard northbound on foot when two of them turned around and bolted back across the intersection. A red […]
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2 car pileup north of Oliver
4:30 pm Thursday Hwy 97 at Tucelnuit Drive (Vincor at EZ Fuel) Two vehicles involved. Traffic delayed for about an hour until vehicles towed. Injuries not known – police, fire and ambulance on scene.
No more than a 2.5% rent increase
The B.C. government is maintaining a low allowable rent increase to keep housing affordable for British Columbia families. The B.C. government is keeping the current allowable rent increase for residential tenancies at 2.5% for 2015. For manufactured home park tenancies, the rate is 2.5% plus a proportional amount for the change in municipal and utility […]
Operations can’t resume yet
The Chief Inspector of Mines for British Columbia has approved an amendment to the Mount Polley Mine Corporation Mines Act permit to allow the company to begin repairs of the breach in its tailings storage facility dam. The repair work is part of the long-term remediation plan for the area impacted by the Mount Polley […]
Update on Penticton’s airport
During a budget meeting at the RDOS Thursday – directors stated that the Regional District must be at the table when it comes to the future operation of the airport with a $30 thousand study proposed by staff. Final budget figures won’t be known until spring of 2015 but it appears from the conversation that regional […]