William Martin LaBounty 1916 – 2014 On Monday, March 17 Bill LaBounty of Oliver and Rock Creek passed away peacefully at McKinney Place Extended Care at the age of 97 years. A Memorial Service of Remembrance for Bill will be held Friday, April 4, 2014 from St. Mary’s Kettle Valley Church in Rock Creek at 11 […]
Archives for March 2014
News from Osoyoos Town Council
BUSINESS Fire Hall Referendum Date Information Update – Council waiting for new information to establish a revised date for the Fire Hall Referendum. Fire Hall (East) Lease Renewal was approved for renewal. Community Foundation of the South Okanagan/Similkameen – Council resolved that the $2,500 request be placed in the Community Service Grants Program for assessment […]
Teneycke faces 4 seperate charges – at his next appearance Monday
Last Wednesday March 12th – police were looking for Ronald Arthur Teneycke at his Okanagan Falls home. On Thursday Teneycke was arrested in the early morning hours and appeared in the Penticton Law courts on three charges. He was sent to Kamloops and appeared again yesterday via video link but quickly remanded for 7 days with his lawyer, […]
” and there they go “
Horse racing will return to Desert Park in Osoyoos for a second straight year . The two events will take place on for Saturday, June 14 and Saturday, August 16. The June 14 date is consistent with last year’s mid June debut, but the August 16 date is two weeks earlier than last year. Organizers […]
User fees go up May 1st
As of May 1, 2014, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) will be changing fees and regulations for garbage, recycling and organics brought to local landfills. Beginning May 1, regular garbage fees will rise to $95 per tonne from $72 at the Campbell Mountain, Oliver, Okanagan Falls and Keremeos Landfills. Over the last decade, there […]
Hole in One at Canyon Desert
l-r Dwayne Shewchuk, Don McKay, KEN ROBINSON, & Men’s Club Captain Keith Johnson. On opening day at Nk’Mip Canyon Desert Golf Course Friday March 14th the very FIRST group of the day… first group of the 2014 season Ken Robinson made headlines again. Last season he shot his age… 69….this season he got his first […]
Children of missing women to be compensated
Ninety-eight children of B.C.’s missing and murdered women are eligible to share $4.9 million from the Province, the Government of Canada and the City of Vancouver, pursuant to a key recommendation of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry (MWCI). The $50,000-per-child compensation offer is intended to provide the children of the women identified in the […]
Notice – if you have not received your T-4 slips
If you have not yet received your T-4 slip for CPP & OAS, it is because new addresses provided for income tax filing last year were not shared by Canada Revenue Agency with Service Canada. It is Service Canada that mails out the slips. The post office in Oliver returned all envelopes to Victoria if they […]