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A 68 year old well known man who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $40,000 from the Osoyoos Rural Fire Protection District has been handed a conditional sentence of 12 months, in a Penticton courtroom. Judge Gregory Koturbash handed down the sentence to Michael Raymond McWhinnie, which includes 2 years probation, after hearing submissions from crown counsel Catherine Crockett and defence lawyer Michael […]

I was recently honoured to be chosen as the NDP candidate in the new federal riding of South Okanagan-West Kootenay.  I thank all who took part in the nomination election process.  I especially thank and congratulate my fellow candidate, Margaret Maximenko, and her team, for a tremendous campaign—a campaign that added hundreds of people to […]

My name is Dave Mattes, and firstly I would like to thank you for your support and encouragement over the last three years. I was born 57 years ago in Oliver. Raised and schooled in Oliver. My family has been in Oliver over 65 years. Left after high school for work and returned 17 years […]

I have been happy to call Oliver my home for most of my life: first by my parents’ choice, and more recently by my own. After a few years away gaining some life experience overseas and off at University studying International Relations, my husband and I made the decision to return to Oliver and start […]