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Regional Board meeting highlights August 22, 2022

Updated Indigenous Land Acknowledgement

The Regional Board has received for information an updated acknowledgement as a further respectful step on the path toward Truth and Reconciliation.  The new Land Acknowledgement was inspired as a demonstration of commitment toward two of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation’s 94 Calls to Action. The new Land Acknowledgement recognizes that the syilx/Okangan people have been on the  tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ (land) since time immemorial and serves...

Heat warning ends

The Heat warning issued earlier this week has been removed with anticipated unsettled weather systems for the Central Okanagan.

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Hollywood Road parking area closure

The Hollywood Road south parking area servicing the Mission Creek Greenway recreational trail will be closed for most of the day tomorrow (Friday, August 19). It’s anticipated the lot will be open again after approximately 5 p.m.

Heavy equipment will be staging in the parking lot as part of the upstream repairs to the Greenway trail and three bridges that were damaged during the spring freshet.

For everyone’s safety please stay out of the parking area while it is closed.

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Joe Rich Fire recruitment sessions

When the pagers sound, members of Joe Rich Fire Rescue members are always ready to answer the call for help!

If you’d like to join them, they’d welcome hearing from you during two upcoming recruitment information sessions: 

Wednesday, September 7 / Thursday, September 8

7 - 8 p.m.

Joe Rich fire hall,
Stn. 51 meeting room

11481 Highway 33

A short presentation will outline how Joe Rich fire department members are committed to serving their neighbours with First Medical Response and fire suppression...

Celebrate the kikinee/kokanee

There are several opportunities to celebrate the seasonal spawning return of the Okanagan Lake land-locked salmon.

Welcome the Kokanee

The free Welcome the Kokanee event goes at Hardy Falls Regional Park, Saturday, August 27 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

RDCO Park interpreters will be on hand with displays and information about the life cycle of Kokanee salmon.  Join a small group for a guided walk along Deep Creek, as the fresh-water cousins of the sockeye, return to spawn. Or challenge your...