News Items tag as: Okanagan Similkameen School Board

Osoyoos school trustee candidate loses court battle against school district
January 05, 2017 - 3:07 PM

PENTICTON - A Kelowna judge has denied an application from a losing candidate in a Okanagan Similkameen school board byelection last year to have the results overturned.
Okanagan Similkameen School District trustees comment on 'back of the napkin' school funding from province
July 08, 2016 - 9:00 PM

OLIVER - The province’s recently announced Rural Education Enhancement Fund has saved Osoyoos Secondary School from closure for the next two years, but Okanagan Similkameen School District Board trustees echo sentiments similar to those expressed by their Penticton counterparts as they assess a future still uncertain for the district’s education system.
Okanagan Similkameen school board to apply for rural school funds
June 27, 2016 - 5:00 PM

PENTICTON - Osoyoos Secondary School will stay open if recently announced funding is approved for the school.
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

Osoyoos school trustee candidate loses court battle against school district