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Rdos 2016
Penticton opts out of regional conservation fund
PENTICTON – Penticton is opting out of participating in a regional conservation fund but is…
Trail resurfacing through Kaleden expected to begin soon
PENTICTON – The regional district is anxious to get started on trail improvements in the…
Cost for share of South Okanagan regional transit program too high, says director
PENTICTON – A bylaw to establish a transit system for the South Okanagan will need…
School funding hot topic at South Okanagan Similkmeen Regional District meeting
PENTICTON – School closures were on the minds of South Okanagan Similkameen Regional District board…
Regional directors approve second try for Okanagan Falls sewer funding
PENTICTON – The regional district board has re-affirmed its commitment to move forward with an…
Going long: Shuswap to Osoyoos trail would have global appeal
TRAIL ADVOCATES DREAM OF A 250 KM TRAIL FREE OF VEHICLES OKANAGAN – When the…
Be aware and be prepared to evacuate: Advice as wildfire season begins in South Okanagan
PENTICTON – City and regional district officials say residents need to be aware and ready…
Recommendation imminent on Twin Lakes development in Kaleden
PENTICTON – A new hydrogeological assessment for a proposed development at Twin Lakes Golf Course…
Building permits up in Okanagan and Similkameen
PENTICTON – The construction industry in the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen continues to show…
South Okanagan conservation fund finds new life with director’s motion
PENTICTON – Efforts by a South Okanagan environmental group to establish a conservation fund has…
Okanagan Correctional Centre will be ready to house inmates this January
PENTICTON – The South Okanagan’s new jail, located just north of Oliver, will begin receiving…
South Okanagan residents reminded to look after fruit trees
PENTICTON – The regional district has beefed up its bylaws protecting the commercial tree fruit…
Early start to South Okanagan and Similkameen mosquito control program
PENTICTON – Early spring conditions in the South Okanagan and Similkameen this year have resulted…
Regional district continues to focus on trail improvements, acquisitions
PENTICTON – Trail improvements will continue this year as the regional district focuses on trail…
Public invited to review Phase 2 of the Similkameen Watershed Plan
PENTICTON – The Similkameen Valley Planning Committee is inviting residents of the Similkameen Valley to…
Regional district grant applications aimed at building sewer infrastructure
PENTICTON – The regional district hopes to its next round of grant applications will result…
Okanagan Similkameen directors urge discretion when imposing evacuation orders
PENTICTON – Okanagan Similkameen Regional Distrct board members don’t want to see a one-size-fits-all policy…
Okanagan-Similkameen tax bills on the rise as board passes hospital budget
PENTICTON – Homeowners in the regional district will notice another increase of roughly $5 on…
Trail building continues with extra-territorial agreement between regional districts
PENTICTON – A joint agreement between the Regional District Thompson Nicola and the Regional District Okanagan…
Property purchase allows wetlands project at Okanagan Falls waste water treatment plant to proceed
OKANAGAN FALLS – The Regional District Okanagan Similkameen is planning to "polish" sewage effluent on…
Similkameen watershed plan moves into third and final phase
PENTICTON – Another step toward the creation of a plan for the Similkameen Valley watershed.…
Campbell Mountain landfill contaminants detected in monitoring well
PENTICTON – After years of monitoring the Campbell Mountain landfill for leaching of materials from…
Keremeos opts out of community forest partnership
PENTICTON – The Village of Keremeos has decided to opt out of a 10 year…
Too early to predict a drought in the Okanagan this summer, but early snow melt a worry
PENTICTON – It's hard to predict moisture conditions in the Okanagan Valley thanks to the…