25th Anniversary of Sutton Team’s Canadian Junior Ladies Curling Championship   How did they get there? It all started in a two days a week after school league at the Oliver Curling Centre. After getting the basics, the girls competed in Junior Bonspiels in the Okanagan, curled with our local ladies and competed in club […]

Brittany will be transfered to St. Paul’s Hospital on Monday if no heart becomes available over the weekend. She has been having to0 many skipped beats and will need the VAD machine (mechanical heart). This connection will take place on Wednesday at Brittany’s request. At St. Paul’s they are the only ones that can do this procedure. Staff at Children’s […]

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 […]