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Kamloops · KamloopsThe annual Penticton Rotary Ribfest is no more and will be replaced by SummerCamp Rib & Music Fest featuring tunes, games and food this summer.
The Festival Company and The Narrow Group are behind the new Rib & Music Festival which will run from Sept 13 to 15 at Okanagan Lake Park in Penticton for the first time this year.
Penticton Rotary had previously announced on its website
https://pentictonribfest.com/
that Penticton Ribfest would be “ta…See the Story
Penticton Ribfest morphs into the Rib and Music Festival
Housing · KamloopsThe BC government spent $3.1 million to purchase an apartment building in Vernon to protect 26 affordable rental homes.
Sunrise Gardens at 3806 24th Ave. in Vernon was at risk of being sold, according to a Ministry of Housing media release issued today, May 21, and that when the Rental Housing Fund stepped in.
"The Rental Protection Fund's purchase of Sunrise Gardens in Vernon means 26 people will continue to have deeply affordable housing in …See the Story
Province buys Vernon apartment building to protect affordable housing
Kamloops · KamloopsFollowing are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of May 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.
Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjones@infonews.ca
mailto:mjones@infonews.ca?subject=iN%20RESPONSE%3A
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The province tried to fix Kelowna's Harvey Avenue traffic; it didn't go well
https://infotel.ca/inwheels/the-province-tried-to-fix-kelownas-harv…See the Story
iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Cancer · KamloopsA Lake Country mom who is grieving after the tragic loss of her little girl to cancer last fall is using her voice to make a difference for other grieving families.
Toni Nicholl’s five-year-old daughter Rylie died in hospice at the end of October, 2023 after battling cancer for almost three years.
Nicholl and her husband also have a son who is on the autism spectrum. Both children were receiving monthly child disability benefits, which she sai…See the Story
Grieving Okanagan mom uses her voice to help other families who lost a child
Kamloops · KamloopsA Kelowna furniture manufacturer has been fined $5,340 for telling a staff member not to report a serious injury they had while using a table saw.
According to a recently published WorkSafeBC penalty notice, Hyatt & Sons Manufacturing dissuaded the worker from reporting the injury.
WorkSafeBC does the public a disservice by not saying what precisely took place or when it happened.
The penalty notice just says a worker was seriously injured wh…See the Story
Kelowna furniture maker fined $5K for telling employee not to report serious accident
Kamloops · KamloopsA BC nurse has been placed on probation for verbally agitating vulnerable residents.
According to a May 16 BC College of Nurses and Midwives decision, Licenced Practical Nurse Deborah Leitch engaged in "verbal exchanges with vulnerable residents" which "escalated" the situation.
The decision says Leitch's behaviour was contrary to what was directed in the patients' care plans.
While the nurse was under investigation she then contacted and int…See the Story
BC nurse disciplined for verbally agitating vulnerable residents
Opinion · KamloopsOPINION
The opioid epidemic has been around longer than any of us might like to admit. In fact, we should recognize that it is a pandemic, tormenting individuals and families for more than three decades. This fight to save people will likely go on for decades more.
I hope that Canada does better than the U.S. in getting drugmakers and the various players in the supply chain that pumped pills into our communities to pay fully for their actions.…See the Story
[Opinion] THOMPSON: Canada needs to hold big pharma to account for opioid epidemic
Kamloops · KamloopsA troop of Ukrainian dancers is organizing a festival in Vernon to raise funds for humanitarian aid in Ukraine.
The Sadok Ukrainian Dance Ensemble is performing at the Okanagan Ukrainian Festival at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre at 2 p.m. on May 26, according to a press release from the troop.
Admission is by donation, and the group said the event is supposed to bring hope and be, “a gentle reminder to the audience that the war rages on in…See the Story