“The care home has been under an incredible amount of scrutiny since its ownership was taken over by the Chinese government. The Summerland Seniors Village is one of 21 B.C. facilities owned by Retirement Concepts, a company purchased by China’s Anbang Insurance for $1B ….. In February 2018, the Chinese government seized control of the […]

Five of the original formation group – Ernie Dumais, Frank Stariha, Janet Shaw, Bill Barisoff and John McCarthy The Southern Okanagan Secondary School Enrichment Fund Society is celebrating its’ 25th year. A new donor board unveiled in the school library today along with group pictures, coffee and cookies. Scholarships in the amount of $29 thousand […]

Photo 1 – Winners’ A Ladies event.  Skip Joelle Majeau, Cindy Grigg, Steffany Buholzer, and Vanessa Harrison     Photo 2 – Winner’s A Mens event.  Skip Glen Brennan, Art Lappalainen, John McKay, and Roland Dheilly   Photos submitted by Dale Dodge

Avro Oil – ALC decision For many years now Mr. Feeny and his companies Avro Oil, and EZ Outdoor Storage have been and still are outstanding members of our business community and good corporate citizens. During this time variances were needed as is often the case for business to meet regulations. Where these caused no […]

Each pickup location will pay $42 a year for at least six years. This option puts the onus on the waste contractor to do maintenance to the system not the Town. Recycle BC is requiring that the Town go to a pickup of recyclables without the use of plastic(Blue) bags by July 1st of 2020. […]

On Thursday, February 20, a stay of proceedings was enter in BC Supreme Court…. Gregory Stanley Nield had been set to be re-tried for allegations he assaulted his psychiatrist at Penticton General Hospital 6 years ago. Nield was set for retrial on the matter in which he confronted Dr. Rajeev Sheoran on Dec. 5, 2014, […]

  Budget Discussion 2020 o $11,900,000.00 capital requirement to design and building new ground water treatment facility, required water system upgrades and universal water metering.  Necessary commitment from the community of approximately $5.3 million; this includes the cost of metering as well as the community’s 27% financial commitment o Re-assignment of $400,000.00 capital planning […]

WRAP IT UP      Clean up our world!!!  Get rid of pollution!!  Recycle!! These commands seem to be the new watchwords of our society and, I think, most people are doing a little something to try and solve the problem. Most of us do our bit at recycling. Our garbage collection encourages us to separate our […]