Marjorie Too Afraid To Cry: A Home Child Experience by Pat Skidmore My mother Marjorie, now lives in Oliver Marjorie spent 5 years at the Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School on Vancouver Island, in the summer of 1940, Marjorie was later sent to work at the Fairbridge Fintry Training Farm just south of Vernon. […]
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Letter to BC Utilities Commission from RDOS director Angelique Wood
British Columbia Utilities Commission Box 250, 900 Howe Street Sixth Floor Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 2N3 Re: Conservation Rate two-tiered billing I write to you with an urgent request that you reconsider the two-tiered rate system implemented by Fortis in summer of 2012. As an Electoral Area Director for the Regional District of the Okanagan-Similkameen, I […]
FIREHALL BREWERY WINS GOLD MEDAL AT OKANAGAN FEST-OF-ALE
The Firehall Brewery participated in the 2013 Okanagan Fest-of-Ale in Penticton, BC this past weekend (April 5th & 6th), and returned back home to Oliver, BC with a Best of Class Gold Medal for its Holy Smoke Stout. The Holy Smoke Stout was anonymously analyzed by professional judges in the “Stout/Porter” category, and the medal […]
Council News
Decisions and discussion by the Town of Oliver as a result of meetings held April 8 2013 1. Council granted Councillor Linda Larson a leave of absence from her duties for a one month period April 15 to May 14 without pay. The provincial election – writ – will be dropped one week from today […]
Prescribed Burn – questions?
Vaseux area prescribed burn Environment Canada and partners are proposing a prescribed and controlled burn in the west Vaseux area (approximately 48 ha) for wildlife habitat improvement. The March date will be chosen once a day with acceptable air venting is available. The burns are carefully planned and carried out by profession staff. Questions should […]
More land preserved for nature
Few details given other than map and news release Wildlife habitat in the Okanagan is better protected today following new additions to the South Okanagan Wildlife Management Area. Land totalling about 514 hectares gifted to the existing South Okanagan Wildlife Management Area. The additions will more than double the size of the wildlife management area […]
Egg addling to continue to control geese
Control of Canadian Geese populations set to resume with the Okanagan Valley Goose Management Program with its annual egg addling program. Over the past six years, this program has prevented the exponential increase of the non-migratory resident goose population that inhabits the valley all year long. “While most communities along the valley are struggling with […]