They’re off – Saturday race About 50 persons braved the cool wind for a dip at Rotary Beach. Leader below. Wine Capital of Canada Triathlon (Sprint) – precedes Sunday’s Half Iron
Construction progress
BC Liquor Store – completely gutted and being redefined Across from Park Drive Church – more housing units Old Sunnybank – damaged by fire – almost restored – looking for tenants
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Teachers do deserve a raise – says Education Minister
B.C. Education Minister Peter Fassbender told the province’s parent advisory councils on Friday that teachers do deserve a raise, as B.C.’s 41,000 teachers head into a second week of rotating-strikes. The minister, who was addressing a meeting of the B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils in Richmond, said teachers’ wage demands have to be balanced […]
Spirit of Syilx Unity Run Westbank, BC to Omak, WA Thu, 05.06.2014 – Sun, 08.06.2014 All day The Spirit of Syilx Unity Run will begin June 5th in Westbank, BC and end June 8th in Omak, WA Please Note: Everyone crossing the border on the evening of the 7th will require a VALID status […]
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Day of the honey bee
As we celebrate the “Day of the Honey Bee,” the Wilderness Committee is calling on the provincial government to ban a dangerous class of pesticides called neonicotinoids. Neonicotinoids are widely used in BC and across Canada on a variety of fruit and vegetable crops, including blueberries and corn. These pesticides have been directly implicated in the […]
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Insects attract prestigious visitors Sterile insects are drawing a small but prestigious global group of specialists in the science of controlling insect pests to Kelowna for a week-long meeting June 2-6. The Okanagan’s Sterile Insect Release program, headed up by general manager Cara Nelson, is hosting the group on behalf of the Canadian government. The […]