Review
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Vol.15 Number 28
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Serving the communities of Keremeos, Cawston, Okanagan Falls and Kaleden
KOYOTES WIN PROVINCIAL TITLE
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Debt clock ticks in Keremeos
Team tops weekend tournament in Surrey See page 8
OKANAGAN FALLS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OPENS
Public takes a look at modern facility See page 3
LONG WAIT TIMES PROVE FRUSTRATING
Interior Health works to resolve issue at Keremeos Health Centre See page 5
Photo by Steve Arstad
B.C. Canadian Taxpayers Federation Director Jordan Bateman polishes the plexiglas of the B.C. debt clock while in Keremeos last week. The debt, divided up amongst everyone in B.C., totals $12,398 per person. calculated at $12,398 per resident. but the bad news was that the debt By Steve Arstad was growing by six dollars per second That figure doesn’t include our innews@keremeosreview.com dividual federal debt portion, which faster than originally calculated. amounts to an addiditional $17,200 “We’re funded mainly by private donations,” Bateman explained of the per person. The Canadian Taxpayers FederaIn the time the clock was parked CTF. tion debt clock rolled through Kere“We have around 22,000 individual on Keremeos’ main street - about half meos on July 2, stopping on Seventh an hour - B.C. debt rose by about donors, averaging $50 dollars apiece. Avenue in front of the Review office $385,616.5. Bateman was concerned It’s a very grass roots organization.” for a short period. about the clock’ s electronics, subject After completing the B.C. tour, Jordan Bateman, B.C. Director to sweltering heat in the Similkameen the debt clock travels east to Ontario for the CTF was on hand to speak on & July 2. are offered by Edward Jones Insurance where it will tour communities there, to passersby about the burgeoning * Insurance annuities Quebec). In Quebec, insurancetem& annuities are “It’sin probably the hottest provincial debt. With the debt clock’s displaying that province’s debt load.Agency (except offered perature by Edward Jones Insurance Agency (Quebec) Inc. the clock has ever been in,” People are encouraged to sign a electronic update flashing constantly * A systematic investment plan does not assure a profit & does Bateman said. petition supporting balanced budgets from the trailer side behind him, not protect against loss in delining markets. Such a plan involves continuous investment in securities regardless of fluctuation For more information on the Caand a debt free B.C. at: Bateman noted that the good news price levels of such securities, the investor should consider the nadian Taxpayers Federation, see: www.taxpayer.com in B.C. was that the debt was 250 financial ability to continue to purchase through periods of low Individual debt in B.C. is currently million less than originally calculated, price levels. taxpayer.com
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