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PENTICTON – The City of Penticton spent nearly a quarter of a million dollars on…

KAMLOOPS – A calendar quirk added to the amount spent on City of Kamloops staff…

NORTH OKANAGAN – Roughly half of the North Okanagan Regional District’s $5.9 million payroll went…
VERNON – An increase in the amount of money being spent on staff salaries at…
VERNON - Vernon firefighters will be getting a raise as part of a negotiated deal reached with the City of Vernon this week. The new collective agreement between the Vernon local of the International Association of Firefighters and the city calls for a 2.5 per cent retroactive salary increase for each year, starting in 2013,...

Many reacted with shock when news broke that superintendents in three Okanagan school districts were given raises last year, but I think we might be missing the bigger picture. What I find more shocking than a superintendent with 30 years of education experience receiving a pay raise — the first for that position since 2006...