Thursday – Directors will approve a contract being awarded to Greyback Construction for renovations to the Regional District Building in Penticton. Cost: $550 thousand – with about 175 thousand dollars coming from gas tax revenue rather than taxpayers generally. A redesign calls for a new single desk at the public entrance to make it easier for […]

The Independent Investigations Office of BC confirms that investigators have been deployed to a fatal motor vehicle incident in Penticton. According to Penticton RCMP, on September 15, 2015 at approximately 5:18 pm, a vehicle being driven by an off-duty police officer of the Penticton RCMP struck a four-year old pedestrian. The collision took place in […]

World Neighbours Canada (WNC), based in Oliver, is very pleased to announce that the Executive Director of Tamakoshi Service Society (TSS) is once again coming to Oliver. Suresh Shrestha is in BC to receive the 2015 International Leadership Award that was recently awarded to TSS for their work in rural Nepal. WNC and TSS have […]

Another successful Parkinson SuperWalk was held at the Oliver Community Centre on Sunday, September 13, 2015. The walk in Oliver raised $1,817.15. This year marked the 25th anniversary of this event with over 20 communities across British Columbia uniting with a common goal – to better the lives of those touched by Parkinson’s disease. Submitted […]

Charging station for battery powered cars – installed recently at a well known iconic location in Oliver. First quess (right answer) on ODN wins a bottle of wine.

EDMONTON — RCMP victims services confirmed at a public vigil in Blairmore Tuesday night the remains of two-year-old Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette have been found. RCMP said they found Hailey’s body in a rural area near Blairmore. They also announced Tuesday night the Amber Alert, which was issued shortly after 2 p.m. Monday, had been dropped. “The […]