Anger over tax hike heard loud and clear
Osoyoos Town Council is open to the idea of relooking at the budget in face of major discontent over a nearly 40 per cent hike in combined tax and user fees for 2024.
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BC Tree Fruits expansion lauded in Oliver
While many Kelowna fruit growers are unhappy with BC Tree Fruits, Oliver growers have a reason to celebrate. That’s because of the confirmed expansion and upgrade of the cooperative’s packinghouse here.
Letter to the Editor from Silke Schulze
The following is a letter to the editor from Silke Schulze. Schulze is the woman at the centre of the incident at SOSS in which she hurled profanities and racial slurs at students.
Local leaders ‘appalled’ over targeted protest at high school
“No way I was going to sit back in ignorance and let these people attack children.”
Anti-mandate protester hurls racist abuse at SOSS students
In a disturbing incident caught on camera by Southern Okanagan Secondary School (SOSS) students in Oliver, a woman is seen hurling racist and other offensive language at SOSS students on Friday.
RBC protester spreads the word
Lyonel Doherty Times-Chronicle A local climate change activist is pointing the finger at Royal...
South Okanagan farmers to protest in solidarity with farmers in India
Neha Chollangi Special to the Times-Chronicle A group of local farmers have organized a solidarity...
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