BC Forest Ministry – Wildfire will conduct a controlled burn today west of Oliver “We are burning off brush on the ground that is within the existing fire area. It is always the intent to put out fire, however, in this extremely dry summer season fire burns underground in tree roots and can continue to […]
Archives for September 2015
End Of Summer Blowout At Oliver Shoes
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Osoyoos council briefs
No-go for Canal Trail upgrade The town’s request for federal funding to help pave and light a large section of the canal trail was unsuccessful, chief administrative officer Barry Romanko reported Tuesday. The recently announced Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program sought proposals for local improvements to help celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017. The town’s […]
Fall Art Show and Sale
The Oliver Community Arts Council is calling for entries for the 2015 Fall Art Show and Sale. The Show, the 32nd annual, is open to all artisans in the South Okanagan and as far east as Rock Creek, and Keremeos in the west. No theme this year enables all to choose their own favorite subject. […]
Peppers being picked
Photo by Edwin Dukes
Fire info
Controlled burn planned for Testalinda wildfire OLIVER – If conditions permit a low intensity controlled burn is planned for the wildfire on Wednesday, September 9th. If this burn goes ahead, people living in Oliver and surrounding areas will see increased smoke and fire activity as a result of these burning operations. The objective of the […]
It’s about a hat…
I have described it as spectacular. It is not yet complete but bears some explanation. It is the new offices of the Osoyoos Indian Band on McKinney Rd. The architect design calls for one of its main features to represent the ceremonial hat of “plateau native women”. This feature is huge and will house an area for 200 […]