Plans for a senior-friendly outdoor fitness facility at Lions Park will be unveiled at an open house later this month. Carol Sheridan of the Oliver Parks and Recreation Society told council Monday that the Kiwanis Age-Friendly Outdoor Fitness Park will likely open in September, thanks in part to a $15,000 grant from Oliver Kiwanis. The […]
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Big tax hike on horizon
By ROY WOOD Oliver town council decided Monday to wait until budget talks in the fall to start planning for the large tax hike that will hit when and if the population tops 5,000. Under the BC Police Act, municipalities become responsible for policing costs when the population reaches 5,000 people according to a Canada […]
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Rural report with Laird Smith
I’ve noticed some articles written about possible water shortages or water rationing in the south end of the Okanagan Valley. There was a day when Wally and I were discussing how low the Okanagan River was that year. It was then when he told me that one year, he didn’t say which year, the river […]
R.I.P. Ron
Ronald Fournier December 2, 1940 – June 3, 2015
Condolences to the family
Grant Wheeler May 28, 1934 – June 4, 2015 Grant Orville Wheeler passed way suddenly and tragically on Thursday June 4, 2015 at the age of 81. Survived by his wife Jean Wheeler of 56 years , Daughters: Tammy Barnett( Fred), Kim McDivitt( Brian) and Son: Chad Wheeler (Jen). His most loved and cherished […]
Currently in the evening sky in the west are the two planets, Venus and Jupiter. Watch these two jewels for the next few weeks as they close in on one another, by June 30, the pair will be less than one degree apart. On the evenings of 19 and 20 of June the crescent moon […]
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