B.C. ranks first in job growth since August 2011 compared to other provinces, followed by Alberta, Quebec and Ontario. During August of this year, 2,322,600 people were working in British Columbia. This number is up from 2,307,700 positions in July and an increase of 51,700 jobs compared with August 2011. B.C. gained 14,900 jobs in […]
Colourful – innovative
Photo by Sirkku Parolin Creative house numbers. This one is on Sunflower Street.
Quiet bridge by Bob Cameron
Highway and rural roads update
(Tekano pictured right – John Slater and Dan Albas at left) Murray Tekano, regional manger of the Highways Department spoke at length to regional directors today at an RDOS meeting in Penticton. Highlights: He was asked to speak on trip generation figures if and when the new prison is built near Oliver, safety concerns in […]
OK Falls to incorporate?
Talking about incorporation at Okanagan Falls has gone on for a long time and citizens have turned down the idea at least twice. RDOS Area D Director, Tom Siddon, told the regional board today that the ministry of municipal affairs will be visiting the area October 16th for an old fashion Town Hall meeting to […]
Photo by Grant Bott
My granddaughter, Sophie, and her pet. In reality the toad is only 2 inches in size and lives in a front porch planter. Sophie is much bigger and lives in Comox.
More charges for criminal organization – Osoyoos connections
Hells Angels Motorcycle Club named as a criminal organization in charges connected to cocaine Importation and Trafficking Conspiracy. Additional charges have now been laid in the wake of the Federal Drug Enforcement Branch led investigation which netted 4 million dollars of alleged drug money. The Criminal Organization investigation, dubbed E-PREDICATE, lasted more than 20 months […]
Main Street – Welcome to Oliver
Recently I featured a stop sign area in Rockcliffe that reflected poorly on weed control. Took a lot of flack for it and received little support for the message. Will see how I fare this time and how many excuses can be found for inaction on a number of fronts.