The Kelowna RCMP and Central Okanagan Search and Rescue continue efforts to locate Megan DOYLE after she was reported missing last week. Megan DOYLE was last seen on the evening of Friday, September 11, 2015 in the Kelowna area. Megan is driving a grey 2012 Toyota Rav 4, bearing BC licence plate 978 LHJ, which […]
Archives for September 2015
Rural report with Laird Smith
Even though summer is over, we are still getting some nice warm weather but not in the consistency of July and August. With the cooler weather coming on comes the season of sniffles and colds. Auntie Kay had a cure for sniffles and colds. That was cod liver oil. I know this subject generates a […]
Amber alert – related to murder
An Amber Alert remains in effect for Hailey Dunbar Blanchette, a toddler whose father was found dead yesterday in a home in Blairmore, Alta., in what appears to be a murder-abduction. “This is a terrifying ordeal,” said Blair Painter, mayor of Blairmore, a small mountain community where the two-year-old was living with her father and […]
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Photographer Nancy Falkus Overton
Proud moment – new park opened
Fairview Park across from Frank Venables Theatre – designed by local public works staff and completed by contractor Five Points Landscaping. Park nick-named “Mark Park” by town horticulturist Mark Jamieson holding the ribbon for Mayor Ron Hovanes to cut Monday. A welcome addition to Oliver Parks and a beautification of old canal lands (weed patch […]
Council Members head to UBCM
Mayor Ron Hovanes and Councillors Mo Doerr/Petra Veintimilla will attend the Union of BC Municipalities at Vancouver next week. There is a rich history of sharing best practices among B.C.’s local governments. With 197 jurisdictions, innovations that improve service delivery, project management or administration have long been shared between communities, creating new standards and efficiencies. […]
Protecting our drinking water
Source Water Assessment and Protection Plan – Water quality good According to Oliver’s water assessment report, the quality of groundwater is very good and meets Canadian Drinking Water Guidelines. At the Committee of the Whole meeting of the Council of the Town of Oliver held on September 14 – Council was presented the groundwater supply […]