I just wanted to congratulate the residents and management of the Country Pines Retirement Park for their change in pet policy! Pets are now allowed there on approval. Hats off to the owners for recognizing that times are changing and they are thinking positively and outside their box. Our housing market is still slow and […]

Have you received something in the mail? The RDOS reports that all rural residents in Area C have now been sent a card that clear states what your current physical address is and what it will change to. Director Allan Patton says he is received about 25 calls or emails per day on the topic […]

Arrangements have been made with the School District and passed along to contractors, to start using the field (marked out area) adjacent to SOSS. Not all construction vehicles will use the field to park but it should help alleviate some of the conjestion. This would start on Tuesday September 6th. Shawn Goodsell, Oliver Public Works […]

A motion to make all RDOS controlled fire departments dry – failed Thursday at a meeting in Penticton. Instead directors agreed to ask all 7 rural fire departments to come up with policies on alcohol consumption that would prevent any liability to the Regional District. One model proposed for discussion was where a portion of […]

I have lived & worked in Oliver for the past 11 years. My 28 year old daughter, Carrie Stephens, has been diagnosed with cancer of the lymph glands. She is currently in a job with no paid sick time & because of all the testing, surgery & now chemotherapy, she has missed a  lot of […]

Mark Sorley of Premier Graphics applys one of three fruit skins to Highways Department control boxes. This project co-ordinated by former Public Works Superintendent Bruce Hamilton at no cost to the community. Part of Communities in Bloom and each of the three skins shows the CIB logo. Well done. Do your part – keep Oliver […]