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What’s in store for Oliver?

Okanagan Regional Library to address imbalances between communities The Okanagan Regional Library is working through a series of changes to restore fiscal balance between its member communities.  The ORL Board periodically conducts targeted reviews of different aspects of the library operation, and, in 2013, the board contracted the auditing firm Grant Thornton to take a […]

MLA Linda Larson reports

September was a busy month. In creating some clips during a Video Tour of our riding for my MLA website, I had the opportunity to focus on just a few of the many outstanding small businesses and attractions in our area. A visit to Silver Sage Winery is an experience you don’t want to miss. […]

Management options on the table at Haynes Point

Following the busy camping season, the discovery of ancestral remains in the spring, and an agreement between the Province and the Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB), Haynes Point Park closed Oct. 1, 2014, for an archaeological inventory and assessment. During the closure archaeologists and band members will collect comprehensive and detailed archaeological information throughout the park. […]

Young French Canadian dies in Osoyoos

BC Coroners Service confirms identity of deceased male The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a male who died following an accident at an Osoyoos fruit farm where he had worked for the summer on Sept. 26, 2014. He is Gabriel Gendreau-Martineau, aged 23, of St. Agathe, Quebec, a town in the Laurentians […]

Cougar sightings get police attention

Osoyoos RCMP Detachment have received two complaints of cougar sightings this week. On Monday, September 29 around 8:30 pm a call was received of a cougar siting near Magnolia Place (Destiny Beach Resort) in Osoyoos  The cougar was chased off by a dog who came back uninjured but with blood on his mouth.  Patrols of […]