It may be the start of a new year, but it’s also the start of a whole new era for Destination Osoyoos (DO).
“I’d have to say that it looks very good,” said Derek Noske, chair of DO’s board of directors, about the contract that is in the works to determine the future of the organization. “We’re very close to wrapping it up.”
The Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) board of directors gave first, second and third readings on Jan. 7 to a bylaw that will allow the RDOS to apply for a loan to help pay for the planned Northwest Sewer Project.
If adopted, the bylaw will provide the authority for the RDOS to borrow up to $1,248,000 to cover the regional district’s share of capital costs for the project.
“The goal was $1.5 million. Now, we’re going to try to reach $1.7,” said Janice Perrino, executive director of the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation, about the fundraising drive underway to raise enough money to buy a new CT scanner for Penticton Regional Hospital (PRH).
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The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has found that the Casitas Del Sol strata council discriminated against a physically disabled resident of the manufactured home community by not allowing him to keep a solar screen installed on one of his home’s windows.
A hearing on the matter took place from July 28 to 30, 2009, and was overseen by tribunal member Lindsay Lyster, who also found that the strata’s property manager, Brian Amos, was responsible for the intentional introduction of inaccurate evidence during the hearing.
Facebook.
According to the social networking website, more than 350 million people now have a Facebook account.
More than half of those who use it log on at least every second day and each day, more than 55 million “status updates” are posted.
But while it might seem a harmless way to keep in touch with distant friends and family, what you post on a Facebook page can have repercussions.