Excellence Awards Entrepreneur of Year – Nominees: April Goldade – Terrafina Resturant Winner: Breathe Studio – Kelsi Bisonette (shown right in picture above) – Osoyoos Small Business – Nominees: Hidden Chapel Winery Kickstart Printing Osoyoos Signs Unveil Shuttles Winner: Alberto’s Decorating – Oliver (Alberto and Tracy) Large Business – Nominees: Hester Creek Estate Winery Watermark […]
Archives for January 2013
Chamber leadership changes
Holly Plante of Osoyoos has been elected as the new President of the South Okanagan Chamber of Commerce. The SOCC held its AGM at the Walnut Beach Resort on Lake Osoyoos Friday. Picture of entire executive below. The annual meeting featured the regular business, a presentation by Community Futures and Economic Gardening and the 2012 […]
Letter to the editor
by Michael Newman I was not impressed by the manner in which MLA John Slater was dumped by the BC Liberal Party. He was declared unsuitable for unspecified “personal issues.” What are the voters to make of this? Personal issues could range from poor health to a history of serial puppy abuse. Are we to […]
SOSS report by Samantha Ridley
Go Green Go At SOSS, Mr. Fuller’s environmental class is working on a very green project. This class has the goal to build a greenhouse to grow vegetables in. The catch is that they are building it out of used 2L pop bottles that have been cleaned out and have had the labels removed. They […]
Average Oliver home will pay less than last year
Town of Oliver Chief Financial Officer Dave David Svetlichny says the average homeowner will pay less than he/she did in 2012 due to budget decisions made last Monday. That saving of .64% will amount to a tax cut for general municipal taxes of $2.97. In the 2012 Budget, Svetlichny says Oliver Council also reduced the general operating budget […]
RIP Alan Cooper
Obituary for the late Alan Brown Cooper September 5, 1924 – January 16, 2013 Alan died peacefully at age 88 in his home at McKinney Place, Oliver, BC with family by his side. He is predeceased by Pat (nee Cochrane), his wife of 61 years, and his brothers, Ewart (Mack), and Ron. He is […]
Rod Gale passes
Roderick Barrington Gale passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday January 9, 2013 at home. He was born in Kelowna to Thomas and Florence Gale on August 1, 1933. In 1942 his family moved to Langley where he lived until graduating from high school. After graduation he moved to Terrace before returning to Kelowna […]
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