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Decision to repurpose George Pringle now rests with Ministry of Education JOANNE LAYH Peachland secondary school students could be attending high school at George Pringle as early as fall 2025, if all goes well and the Ministry of Education approves the school board’s plans to demolish the elementary school and replace it with a high school.

At their May 26 meeting the Central Okanagan Public School board unanimously

supported a motion to repurpose the École George Pringle Elementary School site for the construction of a new secondary school.

The plan is subject to ministry approval, which the board hopes to receive sometime this summer.

“In the end the decision to go ahead with this plan is up to the ministry,” Board Chairperson Moyra Baxter said in an interview with the View

this week. “Of course, it was Peachland’s secondary school.

All of Peachland students used to go to George Pringle so they would be back where they had been for many years because George Pringle was originally the second secondary school on the Westside.”

While the catchment areas are yet to be determined, Baxter said it would make no sense for Peachland students to continue to attend Mount

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Boucherie Secondary School if there is a secondary school on the George Pringle site again.

“Personally, I was always against not having two secondary schools on the Westside.

One of the biggest things is that sometimes students experience some difficulties in school for many reasons and they want to change their secondary school and if there is only one on the Westside, there is nowhere for them to go to, except over the bridge and I argued that that was not fair to Westsiders and I was adamantly opposed to closing the second secondary school at the time,” Baxter said.

“We’re hoping that before school starts in September we’ll have a definitive answer and we could move into the fall doing the consultation process with French immersion parents and also that whole consultation process for catchment areas on the Westside,” said Baxter. “We’ve got some schools that are just totally over-subscribed and we have

others that do have space so we do have to look at catchment areas.”

If the Ministry of Education approves the school board’s plans, the École George Pringle Elementary School English program will be relocated to the Webber Road Elementary School site and the French Immersion program will be relocated to Glenrosa Elementary School and/or Hudson Road Elementary School for fall 2022.

The plan is intended to provide a long-term solution to address the significant growth in Westside schools. Mount Boucherie Secondary School is overcapacity and is expected to continue to grow, according to the school board.

The school board says Mount Boucherie Secondary School cannot be expanded further. They received provincial approval for a new secondary school back in 2019, and have since been exploring options to secure land for the

school, without any luck.

The site of the Webber Road Community Centre, which the school district owns, was considered but cannot proceed due difficulties associated with it being designated an archaeological site.

At the board meeting Baxter argued the Webber Road site still holds value to the school district and should not be sold.

“The benefit to the district is it is a large site, which is very difficult to get hold of.

Even though we do own that property we have been given permission to keep a school on there and actually build a school and then we were thwarted in that by the archaeological problems, but it definitely is an advantage to have a school anywhere on the Westside that will hold a couple hundred students when we are so short of space,” said Baxter.

“As a board, because we have been through those years when we just sold. I mean, the list gives me nightmares.”

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Community groups roll out restart plans in first steps back to normal JOANNE LAYH The easing of COVID restrictions by the Province last week means various community organizations, including the Peachland Wellness Centre, 50 Plus Activity Centre and Peachland Legion, each have a restart underway.

Over at the Fifty Plus Activity Centre, various programs including mahjong, canasta, woodworking, the art group, and non-aerobic exercise classes, are in the process of restarting.

“Currently we are having a soft opening, which means only those activities that fall within the COVID guidelines are open. We are hopeful that as the summer progresses and more restrictions are lifted that we will be able to open all of our program activities,” 50 Plus Activity Centre treasurer Judith Stanford told the View.

Restart plans are still in progress, so at present, members are being invited to contact their activity leaders to see when their program will resume.

Also, if all goes to plan, this Canada Day should

see the return of first pancake breakfast since the beginning of the pandemic.

“We are really excited to announce - barring any rollback of restrictions that we will be having a pancake breakfast on July 1,” said Stanford. “It’s been more than a year. It was before COVID. So, we are going to do the July 1 pancake breakfast, even if we have to do it outside and deliver food outside. I know July 1 is a Thursday, but we’re still doing it on July 1.”

Anyone from the public is welcome to attend the pancake breakfast.

“It will be great to be able to meet with our friends and neighbours and resume life as we know it,” Stanford said.

“We’re still practicing the protocols with the masks and the hand sanitizer and trying to keep the six-foot distance apart so we can make sure we don’t spread COVID despite the fact that everything is opening up again.”

This week also saw the reopening of the Peachland branch of the Royal Canadian Legion.

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cause of COVID like everybody else,” said Peachland Legion vice president and veteran Bettina Fuchs. “While we were all shut down because of COVID we got together and came up with a plan for restart and revamping the inside of the Legion.”

During the period when they were closed, renovations were being undertaken at the Legion to improve the sound, upgrade the electricity, and create a back patio area

called The Bunker, which will be open for members only, at least in the beginning.

“It’s our own little secret spot,” said Fuchs. “It was a lot of work the guys all did in the last couple months. We’ve got a really good group of volunteers.”

Funding for the renovations was made possible using a New Horizons grant, said Fuchs.

A patio has been installed outside and if all goes to plan, in the next couple weeks the hall

will be opened up to outside with a roll up garage door replacing the main window at the front of the building.

Over at the Peachland Wellness Centre, the board, staff and volunteers are also excited about the announcements from the Province and are looking at their restart plan so they can get more happening in community.

“Everyone has done so well through this very tough time. I am happy to say we here at PWC

have managed to keep going but not as we did pre-COVID,” said executive coordinator Christina MacMaster.

Early in the crisis, the wellness centre made the decision to stop its social programming and to focus on maintaining key services, said MacMaster.

“When we talk about what restart means we are saying we will be restarting the things we had to stop (off and on) over the CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

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NOTICE OF LAND DISPOSITION In accordance with s. 26 of the Community Charter, the District of Peachland hereby gives notice of its intention NOTICE OF DISPOSITION to dispose of District-owned land known as theLAND lower Turner Avenue site shown in red outline below.

The approximately (2.65 acre) site has been subdivided from hereby the Turner In accordance1.07 withhectare s. 26 of the Community Charter, the District of Peachland gives Avenue notice of site (located at its intention to dispose of District-owned land known as the lower Turner Avenue site shown in red 6114 Turner Avenue) and will be made available for public acquisition. outline below.

Legal Description: Lot 49, District Lot 11863, ODYD, PLAN 117 Except Plans 15487 and EPP107697 The approximately 1.07 hectare (2.65 acre) site has been subdivided from the Turner Avenue site Parcel Identifier: 012-717-304 (located at 6114 Turner Avenue) and will be made available for public acquisition.

Property Type: Vacant land Legal Description: Lot 49, District Lot 11863, ODYD, PLAN 117 Except Plans 15487 and EPP107697 Title: Freehold Parcel Identifier: 012-717-304 Land Size: 1.07 hectares / 2.65 Property Type: Vacant landacres approximately Zoning:Title: P2 – Freehold Public/Institutional Land Size: 1.07 hectares / 2.65 acres approximately Listing Price: Zoning:$1.8 P2 –million Public/Institutional Listing Price: $1.8 million

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Gratitude for Rotary book sale support The weather was perfect for the Peachland Rotary Club on Saturday for the Gently Used Book Sale. Thanks to the amazing generosity of Peachlanders over 2,000 books were donated, sorted and displayed.

Kudos to everyone who donated books, money and came out to support the event. Peachland Rotary Club is pleased to announce we raised well over $1,500 for Shelterbox with more monies still trickling in. We needed $1,200 for one Shelterbox and now we’re well on our way to raising funds toward a second Shelterbox.

For those who don’t know what Shelterbox is, Shelterbox Canada’s vision is to see a world where no family is without shelter after a disaster. Shelterbox Canada has partnered with Rotary International and at any given time there are response teams all over the world mobilizing support for families in desperate need of shelter and basic living essentials after disaster and conflict.

A sturdy green ShelterBox contains a family-sized tent specially designed to withstand the elements and provide people with temporary shelter until they are able to start the process of rebuilding a home. Boxes also contain the items that help transform shelter into a home – like bedding, cooking sets, solar lights and extra aid items such as SchoolBoxes that contain everything needed to get lessons up and running after a disaster, depending on the situation.

You can find more information on Shelterbox at shelterboxcanada.org.

Peachland Rotary Club has sponsored over 45 Shelterboxes over the years, which is a truly remarkable number considering we’re such a small club.

Thank you to Peachland Fire Department for their invaluable assistance with set-up and tear-down of the book sale and being on hand to provide information on the Firesmart Program. Thanks to the entire Peachland Rotary Club crew who put in endless hours lugging and sorting books, putting up and dismantling tables and all the other necessary tasks to ensure all ran smoothly.

Last but definitely not least huge thanks to Jane and Rick Tench who donated their garage for the month of May to the cause and were always on hand receiving and making room for more books. Rick, you can finally get your garage back.

Once again sincere heartfelt thanks to Peachlanders. Thank you for your overwhelming support. Our book sale was truly a wonderful example of community coming together for a cause.

Wendy Howard President, Rotary Club of Peachland

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Program and activity restarts underway A new government? What’s the difference? at Wellness Centre, Legion and 50 Plus CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3

past year. This included the Adult Day Service, Monday Morning Coffee, Men’s and Ladies Coffee and Cards to name a few,” said MacMaster.

As the wellness centre has limited space, the municipality has allowed them the use of 4th Street Place, which has also has undergone a few changes and adaptations to make

it more usable.

Attendance numbers will be limited so the public is asked to call ahead to confirm their attendance at the following programs or services: Adult Day Service; Bereavement Support Group; Holiday Dinners, including the Canada Day July 1 Picnic Dinner salad and sandwich meal; Community Gardens; Computer; PWC Tablet program; Men’s

Coffee and Cards; Monday Morning Coffee; Tai Chi for Wellness; and the Wellness Circle.

If all goes well the End of Summer Gala will take place on September 25 at the Community Centre.

“Pulling together and supporting people is what we do,” said MacMaster.

“We are in the office and here for you our regular hours of Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.”

Kudos and poodoz for Peachland

Kudos to the district staff member who thought up the the idea of the flapping silver and pink metallic strips at Trepanier Linear Park to keep the geese away!

Poodoz to the person who let their smallish dog poop on the lovely green grass which had all the geese poop removed and you left it there. You know who you are. Get your poop bag and go pick it up!

Kathleen North, Peachland

Regarding the old growth massacre currently taking place at Fairy Creek on Vancouver Island, I’ve been reading much commentary from well informed, concerned citizens wanting the BC NDP to put a stop to this senseless floral carnage. Many have called for a change in government. On this sentiment I can certainly concur. Horgan came in on a promise to protect our old growth and has since knelt full-time to his industry masters…like the Liberals before him.

So, who shall we vote in next to save the province? The Greens? The Conservatives?

If we could be assured that whichever incoming party would in fact uphold the best interests of the people and not those of their corporate masters, a Rhinoceros Party

Rendition deemed “downright distasteful” With respect to the article published May 14, 2021, the rendition submitted as a possible future project definitely would not be suitable for Peachland. It is downright distasteful.

Does Peachland really need another mural?

How about we start with an updated “Welcome to Peachland” sign? Now this would draw tourism. Simply look at how Summerland acknowledged their little community, their welcome sign is simple and classy.

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LOCAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES PASSIONATE EXHIBITION runs until June 20 at the Peachland Art Gallery. View artworks featuring an expressive exhibition of powerful femaile interpretations...plus more.

JUNE HISTORY QUIZ Enjoy fun in the fresh air and learn about Peachland as you take the June History Quiz. Pick up the quiz at the Peachland Visitor Centre and return it for your very on participant’s certificate. The clues can be found on signs, buildings, on the pier and at the museum.

PEACHLAND ART AND GARDEN TOUR will take place on June 12 from 9 am to 4 pm. Tickets are $15. For more information contact the Peachland Visitor Centre.

BC BAT WATCH BAT COUNTS happen June 11 and 25. Meet in front of Peachland Historic School at dusk with a lawn chair and phone to download the counting app. Register at peachlandbats@gmail.com BUILD A BAT HOUSE WITH DAD on June 19. Details available soon. Registrations are limited due to social distancing.

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BATS OUT OF THE DARKNESS opens July 1 and remains in Peachland until Oct. 31. Many of us are in the dark about bats and their survival depends on our enlightenment. This four-wall exhibition including videos, specimens, and scientific equipment used to find and study bats, brings the bats of British Columbia ‘out of the darkness and into our consciousness’. The exhibiton will serve as a reminder of how essential bats are to the environment and provide a chance to celebrate these amazing creatures.

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WEDNESDAYS FITNESS ROOM 7 am - 4 pm Registration only; no drop-ins Peachland Community Centre INDOOR WALKING 8 am - 9 am Registration only; no drop-ins Peachland Community Centre THERAPEUTIC YOGA 9 am - 10:15 am Registration only; no drop-ins 4th Street Place

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THE PEACHLAND VISITOR CENTRE is currently seeking volunteers to join their team. They plan to have safe COVID-19 outdoor volunteer led Peachland walking tours plus a Visitor Information kiosk at the Sunday market. Volunteers are required in the centre as well, especially over the weekends.

They ask for a minimum of four hours per week. Hours are 10 am – 4 pm, Tuesday - Sunday, May - June, then in July August, 9 am – 5 pm daily. For more information contact vcmanager@visitpeachland.com or call 250 767 2455.

THE BARGAIN BIN is looking for women and men to volunteer. Shifts are three hours for women and usually less for men. Women work on donations and/or work the cash desk. Men move donations and processed items to other locations. Training is provided. Enjoy some new friends while doing something worthwhile. COVID restrictions are followed. Drop by the Bin during business hours to fill out an application or contact Janet at 250 767 9664 for more details or to volunteer.

BEEPS NEEDS YOUR HELP! Volunteer bat counters welcome June 11 and 25 plus every Friday night during July and August. Bring your lawn chair and a phone to download the counting app. Meet in front of Peachland Historic School at dusk (usually 8:30 pm). Pre-register at peachlandbats@gmail.com Enjoy a leisurely hike? Help BEEPS guide groups or families and friends on walking tours along the Bat House Interpretive Trail on Beach Avenue and Trepanier Creek. For a little more elevation, assist with the BEEPS in the Vineyard Trail and stroll up to Hainle Winery’s plateau vineyard with a panoramic view. Pre-register at peachlandbats@gmail.com GOT BOTTLES AND CANS? Save them for the upcoming Royal Canadian Legion bottle drive fundraiser, coming soon!

BALANCE, CORE, STRENGTH AND STRETCH 9 am - 10 am Outdoor locations CHAIR YOGA 10:30 am 50 Plus Activity Centre BARGAIN BIN 12 pm - 3 pm Peachland United Church WE ARE HERE 1 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre MINI KICKERS SOCCER 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm Registration only; no drop-ins Peachland Community Centre CENTRAL OKANAGAN MODEL RAILWAY CO. Train Modellers meet - visitors welcome 7 pm Peachland Musum

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FOR SENIORS FOR THE LOVE OF SPORTS JOHN HONG ZONE 5 PRESIDENT

The last year has seen many restrictions placed on our ability to participate in the sports we enjoy. We all know that sports are good for us but it becomes especially important as we grow older. Muscle mass decreases approximately three to eight per cent per decade after the age of 30 and this rate of decline is even higher after the age of 60. At the same time shortness of breath gets higher, there is a tendency to gain weight and physical balance gets weaker. Regular exercise mitigates these affects and also reduces stress, helps to prevent heart disease, decreases cholesterol, fights osteoporosis, improves the immune system and creates a social link which reduces the chance of depression.

The BC Senior Games Society was first organized in 1987 with the mission to improve the health, lifestyle and image of B.C.’s 55+ population. We do this by organizing the annual (under non-pandemic conditions) BC 55+ Games, promoting awareness of the 55+ population as physically active and socially engaged, encouraging people to participate at the zone level and acting as a bridge to provincial and local organizations as well as recreation departments.

Our province is divided into 12 zones and we are in Zone 5. This zone stretches from Osoyoos to Enderby and Princeton to Midway. This is obviously a lot of territory and we depend on volunteers to keep in contact with the communities and the different sports. Unfortunately, the games were cancelled in 2020 and have also been cancelled for 2021 so we now find ourselves with the daunting task of rebuilding our local organization in preparation for the 2022 games being held in Victoria.

If you are involved in a sport or would just like to help the cause, we would like for you to join us. Although you need to be at least 55 in order to compete in the games, there is no age restriction for volunteers.

We usually hold just one meeting a month from April through to our AGM in October. Other than this meeting, your time commitment would involve whatever it takes to keep either your community or the different organizers of your sport informed. If you have a well organized mailing list, this could be a long as it takes

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We currently need area representatives in Armstrong/ Enderby. Keremeos, Penticton, Princeton and Rock Creek/Midway, Lake Country and West Kelowna/ Westbank.

Sports have taken a bigger hit and we find ourselves with representation in only 17 out of 33 sports. This makes it extremely difficult to keep the unrepresented sporting communities informed about the progress of the games, qualifications and sign up deadlines. If one of the following is your sport, we encourage you to consider coming forward and becoming its advocate: • 8-Ball; • Bocce; • Carpet Bowling; • Cribbage; • Cycling; • Golf (Women’s); • Golf (Men’s); • Ice Curling; • Karate; • Lawn Bowling; • Mountain Bike Racing; • Slo-Pitch; • Snooker; • Trapshooting; • Triathlon; and • Whist.

One of the nice things about the games is that it allows people to compete against people their own age and many of the sports actually have separate recreational and competitive categories. For example, badminton has a recreational category for players who participate at recreation centres and churches for informal fun but it also has a competitive category for the club players who normally have coaching and play a more serious level. The competitors are also divided into five year age groups so a 70-year-old does not have to play against a 55-year-old.

Whatever your sport and if you don’t have one it’s never too late to start, you can check out our website for more information at: https://www.55plusbcgames.org/

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Information specific to our zone can be found at: https://www.55plusbcgames.org/zones/zone5/ If you want to talk to someone about volunteering or just want more information you may contact our zone president at john.hong@desert-tech.com

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Peachland Fire and Rescue Service now have two new local FireSmart representatives, Paul Collisson and Brooklyn Craig, shown here sharing information with the public at last Saturday’s Rotary book sale. Anyone interested in having a FireSmart Home Assessment done can contact the fire hall and they will return your call to set up an appointment.

FireSmart starts with a “home out approach.” The most important area to start with is the 0-1.5 metre zone around your house, says fire chief Dennis Craig. The fire department is expecting to soon find out if a UBCM funding grant they applied for will be approved. If their application is successful, the grant will help fund the local FireSmart program, giving the fire department the means to be able to do home assessments and additional FireSmart education events.

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Following news of the mass grave of 215 children at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, flags across Canada began flying at half-mast to honour those who have suffered trauma and harm at the former residential school, and their families and communities who are mourning.

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Policies soar through annual B.C. chamber policy sessions AAP approved by RDCO

PATRICK VAN MINSEL

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of Commerce, I represent the Peachland chamber and the Peachland business community on the Thompson - Okanagan Valley Regional Policy Committee. This committee, chaired by the Kelowna chamber executive director Dan Rogers, discusses policies that were presented at the B.C. Chamber AGM and Conference on May 28 and 29.

All nine policies received adoption at the B.C. chamber policy sessions.

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now take adopted policies to government ministers in Victoria to prompt action on the various issues.

As a small but highly active chamber, it is crucial that we work in synergy with the other Okanagan Valley chambers. The Kelowna chamber knows that as one of the largest chambers in the region they can help ensure the voices of all valley chamber members are heard not only at the B.C. chamber, but in the legislature.

Rogers values the relationship with the Peachland chamber and other valley chambers.

“Thanks to the continued investment of our loyal members, the Kelowna chamber are able to commit significant resources to develop strong business cases for each policy they submit. They also know that gaining the endorsement of business leaders from across the province speaks volumes for the importance of action on the issues identified. Our policies are developed in concert with our members, regional chambers and with our local industry associations, giving us the confidence to represent these views with conviction,” says Rogers.

The B.C. chamber hosts its policy convention to consider grass-roots-developed policies from chambers across the province on an annual basis and for the second straight year it was held virtually.

The following policies submitted by the Kelowna

chamber and supported by the Peachland chamber were adopted by the B.C. chamber on May 28 and 29: • Increase focus on B.C. government-funded training programs for fruit growers to Increase productivity, get people back to work; • Implementation of BC’s Energy STEP Code, a more collaborative and incentive-based approach; • Natural assets: giving a dollar value to forests, green spaces and wetlands on government finance reports; • Agricultural Land Commission regulation reform: creating principles-based farmland use policy; • B.C. digital media industry, a continuing growth engine for B.C. and Canada; • Interprovincial trade barrier reform: beer, wine and distillery industries still an unresolved issue; • Pressing the pause button on B.C.’s speculation tax; • Property transfer tax reform addressing BC’s housing affordability challenge; and • Urban mayors caucus blueprint for B.C.’s urban future - a business perspective.

All adopted policies will be available shortly on the Peachland chamber website.

Next year the annual conference is slated to be held in Prince George.

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JOANNE LAYH The Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) is hoping to borrow up to $8 million to build a new branch in West Kelowna inside the new city hall building.

To build the proposed new library branch, the ORL has requested assistance from the regional district to access Municipal Finance Authority (MFA) capital funding.

At their last regular meeting held on May 31 the regional board authorized an Alternative Approval Process (AAP) on behalf of the ORL. The library board has agreed to pay all debt and costs associated with this process.

It’s estimated there are 164,780 qualified electors within the proposed service area boundaries of the regional district, including the Central Okanagan East and West Electoral Areas, City of Kelowna, City of West Kelowna, District of Lake Country and District of Peachland. Those residing within Westbank First Nation reserves #9 and #10 are not eligible to participate in the process.

If at least ten per cent (16,478) of the electors submit a form, it would require the regional board to hold a referendum before adopting the proposed borrowing bylaws.

No action is required by residents that support the proposed borrowing.

Those opposed must submit a completed Elector Response Form to the regional district by 4 p.m. on Monday, July 12.

Elector Response Forms and more information about the AAP is available at rdco.com/aap.

Michal Utko, ORL director of marketing and communications, told the View that borrowing will actually be less expensive than continuing to lease a property.

“Essentially there is going to be no change for residents in Peachland or any other residents in the overall catchment as far as taxes go. No additional fees or no additional payments will be required. It is essentially something that the Okanagan Regional Library is taking full control over.

It exists within our budget,” said Utko. “Over the span of the borrowing period it’s actually going to be less expensive for us to have this loan than it would be to pay for the leasing fees for the West Kelowna library.”

Utko went on to say that because they’re partnering with the City of West Kelowna they can execute the project at a much lower cost than it would be for them to build it independently and going forward they will be building equity.

Utko says there are no plans in place to close the Peachland branch when the new West Kelowna library opens.

“The Peachland branch is very well used and loved by the community,” said Utko. “There has been zero discussion about closing any of our branches.”

The ORL and the City of West Kelowna plan to launch a survey soon to look into getting some community feedback about what people are interested in seeing at the new branch.

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