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 […]
18 projects to be funded – 34 applications received this year
The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) has approved $300,000 in funding to 18 projects that will help conserve and improve the quality of water in the valley. Directors approved the Water Conservation and Quality Improvement (WCQI) Grants at their regular board meeting on Tuesday, March 3. In all, there were 34 applications. Funding in the […]
Get crackin’
The Summerland Health Care Auxiliary which has operated its popular Thrift Shop on Victoria Road for decades, has pledged to raise $1 million over the next five years towards the $20-million fundraising campaign by the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation. The money will be used to acquire all the medical equipment for the $325-million expansion […]
It’s time for colour
It’s time to feast your eyes on 18 little quilted gems, ½ of the travelling show, ‘It’s Time For Colour’, by prominent Canadian quilters. The show stops in Oliver at Beyond Bliss Esthetics, 6250 Main St. The quilts are small, only 12” x 16”, but they are packed with colour and creative techniques in all styles. […]
Bright sky at night
Photographer Dale Dodge
Another award
Credit Woodworks, handout Interior Beauty Design: Southern Okanagan Secondary School Expansion. Nick Bevanda, CEI Architecture. “Comfortable and warm. Playful and fun. Wonderful exterior details. This project feels good about the wood,” said the jury. Architectural wood design, chosen from 107 nominations in 12 categories. The projects “showcase distinctive and unique qualities of wood such as […]
More luring reported by children near Kelowna
West Kelowna – The child luring warning issued by the Kelowna RCMP on Monday is now being expanded to the Central Okanagan after two similar but seemingly unrelated incidents occurred in West Kelowna. On March 3, 2015 at 7:18 pm, the West Kelowna RCMP received a report of a suspicious occurrence on Westlake Road near […]