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Local historians say latest heritage plan will fail, again
PENTICTON - Local historians say the latest heritage plan organized by the RDOS is not going to succeed because similar plans have always failed in the past. A report will be made by contractors hired by the RDOS listing all the possible heritage sites in the district and how they can be restored and turned...
RDOS hosts open house for new heritage plans
PENTICTON — Local government is turning to the community for input on new, more interactive heritage planning projects. The Heritage Planning Session is the first round of public engagement where community members can give input on what aspects of the region they value, such as landscapes, events, rituals or spiritual places. Organizers are trying to...
Toilets will no longer stand above ancestral burial site
PENTICTON - The province is working with the Osoyoos Indian Band on an agreement to protect an ancestral burial site found in Haynes Point Provincial Park last month — but the park will close indefinitely starting this fall. Human remains were found inside the park April 29 and an agreement between the province and the...
Unwelcome merger gets axed
KAMLOOPS — It began as a way to fix quorum issues but if the majority of the volunteers on a committee don’t want to merge with another committee what do you do? According to city council, the right thing. Andrew Yarmie stood up on behalf of the Heritage Commission, which voted six to one in...