VANCOUVER – A Liberal member of British Columbia’s legislature has confirmed that the government is ready to make an announcement about a new prison in the Okanagan.
Eric Foster who is the MLA for Vernon-Monashee says he can’t say anything more about the Monday visit to the community of Oliver, B.C. by Premier Christy Clark.
The provincial government says Clark will be in town in the morning to make “an announcement benefiting public safety and job creation for families in the Okanagan.”
Clark will be joined by Chief Clarence Louie of the Osoyoos Indian Band and Shirley Bond who is the minister of public safety, solicitor general and attorney general.
Bond has already said the province wants to build a new 360-cell jail in the region.
Oliver Mayor Ron Hovanes says he hasn’t been told anything about the announcement but has been invited to lunch with the premier.
(CKIZ/The Canadian Press)
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