News Items tag as: Okanagan Skaha School Board 2015

Okanagan Skaha school district needs can't be based on long term hopes: board chair
November 23, 2015 - 6:30 PM

PENTICTON - The chair of Okanagan Skaha school board would like to believe there will be more students moving into the region to attend classes in the future, but won't gamble away potential opportunities for today’s students based on wishful thinking.
School superintendent's salary subject to scrutiny
April 28, 2015 - 3:48 PM

PENTICTON - School District 67 is getting plenty of reaction to news Superintendent Wendy Hyer was given a significant pay raise at a board meeting last December.
School district shocked with high Penticton electrical rates
January 18, 2015 - 7:34 PM

PENTICTON - Okanagan Skaha School District trustees are grappling with the high cost of electricity in Penticton.
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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

Okanagan Skaha school district needs can't be based on long term hopes: board chair