Rdos 2017

Regional district playing catch-up as flood clean up continues
PENTICTON – Clean up from this year’s flood prevention efforts is well underway in the…

Poll reveals less than half of regional residents use library services
PENTICTON – At least one regional district director would like to see residents use the…

Time to focus on interface fuel cleanup: RDOS
PENTICTON – Community fire proofing and wildfire fuel management in regional district communities is a…

Regional district follows City of Penticton’s lead with expanded fire ban
PENTICTON – The regional district is following the lead of the City of Penticton as…

Building market continues strong pace in the regional district
PENTICTON – Building revenues continue to grow in the regional district. Building permit activity at…

Regional district staff explain merits of composting facility choice to directors
PENTICTON – Regional District staff members have made their case for an organics composting facility…

Be careful out there: Regional District urges caution with wildfire season underway
PENTICTON – The Regional District has "switched gears from flood to fires." That from community…

Campbell Mountain Landfill will be open on Canada Day
PENTICTON – It may not be holiday related, but City of Penticton and Regional District…

Recommendations in Regional District drinking water audit could prove expensive
PENTICTON – The recommendations in a report from an audit of the Regional District’s drinking…

Regional district board approves new garbage collection contract with old operator, new name
PENTICTON – The regional district secured its garbage contract for the next seven years, dropping…

No easy solution to doctor shortage in the South Okanagan
PENTICTON – A walk-in clinic wouldn’t help alleviate emergency medical treatment in Oliver or Osoyoos,…

Debate and decision on composting facility site still to come
PENTICTON – The regional district board is still processing public input as well as continuing…

Hedley-Olalla director tops highest paid regional director’s list for second year in a row
PENTICTON – The director with the highest remuneration and expenses in the regional district last…

Mosquito program ramping up in South Okanagan
PENTICTON – Higher than normal amounts of standing water and flood conditions throughout the South…

Directors see a problem with building fee cost structure, after revenue exceeds expectations
PENTICTON – A massive winery being built in the South Okanagan has regional district directors…