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Rdos 2017
Regional directors to grapple with next steps regarding regional composting facility
PENTICTON – As the year ends, it’s back to the drawing board for the regional…
Half of new conservation fund’s $400,000 to go towards Park Rill property
PENTICTON – The initial round of projects for the new regional district’s South Okanagan Conservation…
Princeton firm seeks funding to create new process for manufacturing firewood
PENTICTON – A Princeton firewood producer and a non-profit research group hope to garner regional…
South Okanagan transit service boosted for December shopping
PENTICTON – More trips to the mall in Penticton are being added to the South…
Summerland says not in my backyard again, but composting issue still looms over South Okanagan
SUMMERLAND – A request to reconsider allowing the regional district to explore the possibility of…
Regional district board faces ‘hard decision’ to locate South Okanagan composting facility
PENTICTON – The establishment of a regional food waste composting facility in the South Okanagan…
Battle brewing over Fortis B.C. electrical rate system
PENTICTON – A South Okanagan resident is joining forces with the regional district in a…
Proposed wind farm near Okanagan Connector gets regional district nod
PENTICTON – A 10 metre height limit just doesn’t cut it when it comes to…
Flood, wildfire prevention funding on regional district UBCM wishlist
PENTICTON – Among the issues regional district directors hope to bring up with provincial ministers…
Regional district lifts fire ban in South Okanagan-Similkameen
PENTICTON – Effective this afternoon, regional district residents will once again be able to light…
Paving projects underway, as regional directors prepare to make request for road improvements
PENTICTON – Highway and local road improvements are underway in the South Okanagan this week,…
Private discussion to dominate public meetings
PENTICTON – It promises to be a short meeting for members of the public viewing…
Applications being accepted for first South Okanagan Conservation Fund projects
PENTICTON – The Regional District’s new conservation fund will begin taking applications tomorrow. The South…
Proposal to split electoral Area D entering final phase of public consultation
PENTICTON – Residents of the Regional District’s rural Electoral Area D recently received a brochure…
Regional district playing catch-up as flood clean up continues
PENTICTON – Clean up from this year’s flood prevention efforts is well underway in the…
Poll reveals less than half of regional residents use library services
PENTICTON – At least one regional district director would like to see residents use the…
Time to focus on interface fuel cleanup: RDOS
PENTICTON – Community fire proofing and wildfire fuel management in regional district communities is a…
Regional district follows City of Penticton’s lead with expanded fire ban
PENTICTON – The regional district is following the lead of the City of Penticton as…
Building market continues strong pace in the regional district
PENTICTON – Building revenues continue to grow in the regional district. Building permit activity at…
Regional district staff explain merits of composting facility choice to directors
PENTICTON – Regional District staff members have made their case for an organics composting facility…
Be careful out there: Regional District urges caution with wildfire season underway
PENTICTON – The Regional District has "switched gears from flood to fires." That from community…
Campbell Mountain Landfill will be open on Canada Day
PENTICTON – It may not be holiday related, but City of Penticton and Regional District…
Recommendations in Regional District drinking water audit could prove expensive
PENTICTON – The recommendations in a report from an audit of the Regional District’s drinking…
Regional district board approves new garbage collection contract with old operator, new name
PENTICTON – The regional district secured its garbage contract for the next seven years, dropping…