TOWN OF OLIVER   2014 2013 CHANGE           Participating   Directors determine budget by weighted vote       SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN $                             6,808 $                     3,028 $           3,780 911 EMERGENCY CALL SYSTEM   26,219 30,170 (3,951) EMERGENCY PLANNING   7,942 8,324 (382) GENERAL GOVERNMENT   52,747 49,097 3,650 DESTRUCTION OF […]

Our Vineyard Hester Creek Estate Winery is situated within some of British Columbia’s oldest vineyards in the bountiful Golden Mile region. The 95-acre, Mediterranean-influenced grounds, winery, and guest villas evoke an old-world sense of tranquility that take you back to a more simple, unhurried era: a time when a young girl named Hester pondered life […]

Penticton I was sitting at breakfast recently and a friend/customer said there is too much info on ODN that is not OLIVER. That the news should just be about Oliver. The truth is there is not enough news in Oliver to publish a daily info blog. Penticton I was born there. My mother was born […]

Lengthy article on Bennest, the Publisher. One of the quotes – “ODN is not about me” – I will violate that statement publishing this picture today. Interesting read. Thanks to Brian Highley of Okanagan Sun and www.osoyoosdailynews.com

If a financial offer is made to you that is too good to be true……. then it usually is too good to be true advises the RCMP. How to Protect Yourself Never give cash to someone you don’t know or are meeting for the first time. Financial institutions will never solicit assistance from you for […]

B.C. teachers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of job action. BCTF President Jim Iker says there will be no immediate job action. Iker says saying 26,051 teachers voted “yes” to job action. A total of 29,301 teachers cast their ballots. “We do not consider job action unless it is absolutely necessary,” said Iker. “We called […]