1. District Restructuring: A decision has been made not to replace the position of Assistant School District Superintendent in 2015. The board will restructure itself into a number staff/administrator based committees and attempt to do the same kind of work district wide. Meetings have been scheduled in all areas of the school district to meet […]

Press to enlarge Trustees from four regions within School District 53 sworn in Wednesday before a regular meeting. Left to right – back: June Harrington, Osoyoos; Rachel Allendbrand, Oliver; Debbie Marten, Similkameen and Myrna Coates, Keremeos Left to right – front: Rob Zandee, Oliver, Chair Marieze Tarr, Osoyoos; and Vice-Chair Sam Hancheroff, Ok Falls As […]

Assistant Superintendent, Jim Insley, – School District 53 is set to retire at the end of January. Insley has been in the district for many years as teacher and school administrator. Jim is posing with this picture, his favourite, received many years ago while working in a coastal community. His years in the local school […]

The Grinch has arrived in Ok Falls – Several area residents have reported property theft over the last few weeks, with many crimes happening in the middle of the day.  Thieves seem to be targeting storage buildings and the items they are making off with include tires/tire rims, toolboxes/tools, and electronics.  Locked doors were often forced open […]

Ray Stanley Hull was born and raised in Rolla, BC in the beautiful Peace River country. His early days were spent on the farm but this changed with WW II and the building of the Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek north. . He was proud to have contributed to that mega-project and the opening up […]

Theatre director Nathan Linders thinks it’s never too early to start planning that summer vacation to the family cottage, especially when it includes the prospect of fishing and beer. Linders hopes he’ll find a few actors to bring such a scenario to life this winter in rehearsal for the South Okanagan Amateur Players’ next play. […]