There may be alternatives to the proposed four-lane upgrade to Hwy. 97 north of Osoyoos, said the South Okanagan Chamber of Commerce (SOCC).
But before they take a more certain stand against the concept, chamber members want to hold a public meeting.
In November, the federal and provincial governments pledged $8 million towards the construction of a new, two-kilometre stretch of four-lane highway running from Graveyard Hill to Dead Man’s Lake.
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“I actually woke up minutes before the smoke alarm went off, and it felt like something was wrong,” said Sharon Hiller, about the night of the fire that burned her and her young family out of their home.
Hiller was asleep in an upstairs bedroom when the fire broke out in their home on Braeburn Place on Jan. 27.
“We weren’t the only district in the province that asked for everything,” said Juleen McElgunn, superintendent for School District 53, about the across-the-board request they made for full-day kindergarten. “What happened was they (the Ministry of Education) had a set number of seats across the province.”
In December, the board members of School District 53 received notice that instead of the 151 full-day kindergarten seats the district requested from the B.C. Ministry of Education, they will get 111 seats.