LETTER: Water Meters – What The City Is Not Telling You
Dear Editor, Why is information on water meter installations so hard to get? We contacted Doug Allin at City Hall to get more info on one of the available options - the manually-read, human-friendly, non-RF, non-radiating meter (the “ProRead”), and we were just pointed in various directions and given no hard data. There seems...
Letter from former Robson Community School Coordinator
For the past 18 years, I have had the pleasure of being the coordinator at Robson Community School. Twenty years ago, the school principal at Robson applied for Community School Status and as a result, $75,000 was brought into this district to set up a community school. A year or two later, Blueberry Creek also received these...
Draft Kettle River Watershed Mgmt Plan Ready for Review
A draft action plan for taking care of the Kettle River watershed is now available for public comment and review. After a year of technical assessment and another two years of studies and planning, the Advisory Group is very keen to bring the draft plan before the public. Why this is significant? According to Roly Russell, ...
GF man dies in crash near Kelowna
A Grand Forks man, Jeffrey James McNeil (46), has been identified as the victim of a motorcycle accident near Kelowna, (Friday) September 12. McNeil, was riding southbound on Highway 33 near Kelowna when he lost control of his motorcycle. According to the BC Coroner's Service, emergency personnel responded and he was taken...
LETTER: SD51 Trustees hoping for an end to strike
To Our Communities: We have heard from many parents, community members and staff and we share your sense of frustration and disappointment with the current labour dispute between the Government of British Columbia and the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF). As Trustees we are deeply concerned by the effects of this...
LETTER: MLA should remember she represents constituency not Liberal party in Victoria
An open letter to Boundary-Similkameen MLA Linda Larsen Ms. Larson, I am disappointed that I have not received any reply from you to the email I sent last week regarding the dispute between the BC Government and the BCTF. While it is true that I expressed a viewpoint which conflicts with that of the BC Liberal Party, I had ...
SD51 issues letter to parents/guardians re: strike
To Parents and Guardians: As you are aware, the labour dispute between the BC Teachers’ Federation and the BC Government, Ministry of Education has continued through the summer. While we are hopeful that the two parties, with the help of external mediator Vince Ready will find a way to reach a negotiated settlement before ...
COMMENT: Thoughts turn to fall as summer nears an end
August has gone by quickly as summer months seem to do. The ‘buzz’ word of the month was ‘staycation’. Many of you have been enjoying holidays in B.C. for many years but perhaps a few more British Columbians decided to look at what was available close to home but still 'away'. My husband and I have been going to Beaver Lake...
Remember kindness?
I confess. I have been binge-watching TV series. Lately I have narrowed my watching mostly to The West Wing an old favourite about a Democratic president, Jed Bartlet, portraying the manic, day-to-day crisis management of the White House. But in my defence I am doing so in part as an antidote to another series which I quit ...
CLSS' Young Stewards promote conservation
The Christina Lake Stewardship Society’s Young Stewards of the Boundary Youth Program has been successful in encouraging children and their caregivers to do their part to keep our lake clean. The Society strives to promote environmental conservation through education and connections to the ecosystems around them, which occurs...
