On January 11th 2014 at 10:27 Hrs the Oliver Detachment RCMP received a report that two sets of mailboxes (approximately 20 mailboxes in total) had been broken into at the intersection of Willowbrook Road and Lillian Road, Oliver B.C. RCMP are investigating the possibility that these thefts are related to the numerous other, recent reports […]
Archives for January 2014
Kindergarten Registration (planning for September)
Rural report by Laird Smith
Last week I had an inquiry about the toboggan Wally made for me. The craft was made from a round wooden cheese box that the cheese wheels came in. How it came into his possession I don’t know, but I would speculate that he had recognized its value and had stored it in some obscure […]
Dogs in parks
Town council will today debate a number of issues involving dogs. #1 – a bylaw exists stating that no more than two dogs can be housed in a residence – no matter how many owners involved – council will receive a second request for relief on this bylaw. #2 – a bylaw exists that controls […]
Letter to the editor
Volunteers – by Joanne Bray I would like to put this CRY OUT FOR MORE VOLUNTEERS in OUR community of Oliver. I am sure that a lot of people do not know just how much of YOUR town survives by volunteer work. Childrens lives are saved and some made better by the money raised and distributed by […]
Vernon – big winners at Juvenile playdowns
The Eastlink Curling Centre was the site for the Zone 2 (Thompson Okanagan) Juvenile playdowns January 11th and 12th. It was an entertaining 2 day event with many spectators enjoying some fantastic curling action. There were 4 girls teams and 5 boys teams competing. The winning foursomes both hail from Vernon. Boys winners Thomas […]
Will local tipping fees be going up?
Couple of discussions needing decisions at the Regional Board RDOS are recommending that those that dump pay more (about 30 dollars more per tonne above the rate in 2012) 2012 65 2013 72 2014 95 Tonnage of Material buried at Campbell Mtn has fallen off with 42104 tonnes in 2005 to 24195 tonnes in 2012. […]
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