Roxanne Louie July 20, 1988 – January 4, 2015 Wake for Roxanne Louie – held at Nk’Mip Hall Friday evening Funeral Saturday at 11am at Nk’Mip Community Hall Burial at Nk’Mip Cemetery to follow Photos supplied by Roxanne’s friend Cassandra Falkus
game banquet
Funeral Saturday
Recycling made easy
Residents throughout the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen have a new way to get information regarding curb-side garbage and recycling. A newly launched web service allows anyone to type in their home address to access information on garbage and recycling services specific to their property. Each municipality and rural area within the RDOS has slightly different garbage […]
Alba Rd and Hwy 97 – road now clear
Update: www.okfallsdailynews.com – Penticton RCMP confirm that one female has been airlifted to Kelowna as a precautionary measure but otherwise it appears there are no serious injuries following the crash south of OK Falls. A two-vehicle accident, with one vehicle heading southbound and the other northbound collided after what appeared to be one vehicle crossing […]
Band elections – 18 people running for 6 seats
All details now confirmed – thanks to OIB office staff For Chief – Incumbent Clarence Louie and Challenger Ernie Baptiste In 2013 – Alex Louie challenged Chief Clarence but lost For Councillor – Incumbents Sandra Falkus – Ronny McGinnis – Tony Baptiste – Yvonne Weinert and Theresa Gabriel Challengers: Derek Bryson – Thomas Gabriel – Russel Baptiste […]
No governance review at RDOS
Penticton councillor Helene Konanz says the RDOS should hire a consultant to perform an independent governance review. Konanz says a core services review is not needed but a high level overview of the large regional organization would be a useful exercise. Most directors today showed no interest in this stating that the Regional District is very […]
Instant news ??
Demonstration at Penticton Courts – Members of PIB and Osoyoos Indian Band in honour of fallen friend – Roxanne Louie who was murdered January 3rd. What is instant news? – ODN now has the capability to transmit news to its home base within about 5 mins of a story. Coverage of this demonstration and a […]