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Rdos 2017
More money needed to attract regional district managers
PENTICTON – The regional district isn’t competitive when it comes to paying managerial salaries, which…
Battle brewing over Fortis B.C. electrical rate system
PENTICTON – A South Okanagan resident is joining forces with the regional district in a…
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…
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…