MLA Report: Good news from the Boundary-Similkameen riding – Pentiction Western News

Mar 11, 2015

With spring comes road construction and I’m pleased to see the walkway on Lakehill Road in Kaleden underway.

While many great people in the community have supported the project, I want to personally thank volunteer Kim Dennis for all her help and collaboration in getting this project to the top of the list for the Ministry of Transportation, and thanks also to the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen and rural director Tom Siddon.

This budget is again a balanced one and again not particularly exciting, so I will only mention the continuing support for agriculture. There is another $2 million to support Buy Local programs and $1 million to support the B.C. School Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition Program, which benefits close to half a million school children including First Nations Schools. I know many of our local organic farmers supply produce for these programs.

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