OFD attended site again at noon for a few minutes.
Archives for 2015
Feds chip in – 60% of funding new Buchanan Rd well
Mayor Ron Hovanes, Town of Oliver PW water operator Adrian Zandvliet and MP Dan Albas. The pump is on top of a 16 inch diameter well head pumping 1000 USGM – domestic A second well for irrigation is 10 inch pumping half of the domestic capacity. This new well put in operation in June feeds […]
New manager for Osoyoos Credit Union
The Board of Directors of Osoyoos Credit Union announces that Greg Sol has been named General Manager effective August 4, 2015. His appointment comes with the retirement of Bill Collins who has been the General Manager for the past eleven years. Greg is a resident of Vernon and brings to Osoyoos Credit Union over 18 […]
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Bucking the trend
Police-reported sexual violations against children continued to increase in 2014 While children or youth can be victims of sexual assaults (levels 1, 2 and 3), there are also a number of sexual violations within the Criminal Code that, by definition, apply only to victims under the age of 18. These specific sexual violations are categorized […]
10 year decline in crime stats – corrected graph
Press to make bigger (see better) Stats Canada says total crime down34 percent from a total in 2004 of over 2.4 million incidents Down 26 percent in violent crime Source: Statistics Canada
4500 block Black Sage Rd – 6 am
The Oliver Fire Department was busy early this morning, fighting a brush fire caused by a burning pickup. Firefighters responded about 2:45 a.m. to Black Sage Road in rural Oliver, where they found the fully engulfed vehicle, according to Rob Graham, media relations officer for the department. The fire then spread to nearby brush, burning […]
Truck explodes – firefighters deal with grass fire
3:00 am Thursday Dispatch about pickup truck on fire – grass fire. EMS, police and fire on the scene. No driver found in truck. One other car could be involved. No details. No known injuries. Firemen contained the grass and brush fire near a vineyard on the east side of Black Sage Rd between Miller […]