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Central Okanagan political leaders plan on pressing the federal government to locate a Regional Development Agency (RDA) office in the Kelowna region.
In the Government of Canada’s fall economic statement and during Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages’ Mélanie Joly’s, outreach to B.C. industry leaders, it was announced a new agency would be created in recognition of B.C. as a singular economy.
Today, the regional economic recovery task force said the Kelowna region is ideally positioned to support the RDA and wants it here.
“We want it here. We’ve got all the pieces in place. The region’s industry and academia have the track record to prove we can make it successful,” Task Force Co-Chair and Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran, said. “The Task Force is actively advocating to Minister Joly’s office that there is no other place in B.C. that is a better fit.”
PLP COVID Task Force blasts Wells on testing ‘incompetence’ Dr. Michael Darville.
Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) COVID-19 Task Force Co-Chairs Dr. Michael Darville and Dr. Melissa Evans said yesterday they were “deeply alarmed” by Minister of Health Renward Wells’ indifference over the revelation that 21,000 travelers to The Bahamas failed to comply with mandatory fifth-day rapid antigen COVID testing protocols.
As of November 1, individuals arriving in The Bahamas including visitors who are staying for more than five days and returning citizens and residents are required to have a negative RT-PCR test within five days of arrival, must obtain a travel health visa and undergo a rapid antigen test five days after arrival. Any individual who tests positive on the antigen test is required to take a follow-up RT-PCR test.