News Items tag as: Eric Foster

MLA Eric Foster outspent rival candidates by more than double
August 15, 2017 - 4:46 PM

VERNON - There was big range in what Vernon-Monashee candidates spent on their election campaigns.
BREAKING: Liberal candidate Eric Foster takes Vernon-Monashee
May 09, 2017 - 9:09 PM

VERNON - Eric Foster has done it again.
B.C. ELECTION 2017: Eric Foster reflects on 30-plus years in politics, and why he's not done yet
April 17, 2017 - 6:30 PM

COLDSTREAM - Eric Foster hasn’t gone to the movies since Forrest Gump hit the big screen some 20 years ago.
Councillors, MPs and MLAs respond to growing homelessness issues in Vernon
December 13, 2016 - 8:00 PM

VERNON - Politicians from all levels of government seem to recognize homelessness is a big issue in the North Okanagan, the question remains what to do about it.
Councillor calls on MLA to address Vernon homelessness
December 01, 2016 - 6:30 PM

VERNON - The provincial government says it’s doing its best to address issues of homelessness in Vernon.
Vernon MLA personally intervened to 'nix' proposal without seeing application
September 01, 2016 - 9:00 PM

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THOMPSON: Is dining etiquette a thing of the past?
OPINION I read a recent article that tried to make a case for getting rid of some rules of dining etiquette. Those rules, said the writer, “are made to be broken.” The writer’s logic seems flawed, at

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

MLA Eric Foster outspent rival candidates by more than double