Today the whole province of BC will hear the plight of many town and rural residents on the subject of break-ins, robberies, drug related stealing, crack houses AND what seems to many as inadequate policing by the RCMP in this area. Couple of headlines: Oliver RCMP raid house on Primrose Lane Monday (south of Road […]
Archives for 2015
Complaint policy reworked by Town
A new Bylaw Enforcement Complaint Management Policy has been adopted by the Town of Oliver. Several recent neighborhood situations have come to the attention of Council with instructions to staff to bring forward a revised method of dealing with complaints. It’s a two complaint or two signature policy. For something to be investigated or enforced […]
Lakefront campsite rezoning goes to public hearing
The application from owners of the Apple RV and Campsite at 915 Bulrush (north end of Tucelnuit Lake) have cleared another hurdle at the Town of Oliver. Official Community Plan amendment bylaw 1070.03 and Zoning Amendment bylaw 1350.06 will go to a public hearing April 27th and the matter could be finalized in May. RDOS […]
Preparing for the ‘Beatles”
I took this photo of some of the Sage Valley Voices community choir preparing for their “Favourite Songs of the Beatles” concert. Pianist Sandy Andres is leading a few of the choir members through the challenges of ‘Love Me Do’ while others stand by to practice everything from ‘Hard Day’s Night’ to ‘Yesterday’. The concerts […]
Letter to the editor
Those of you into the second tier of the two tiered system are not paying for or subsidizing any part of the electrical power I use or the power used by those only into the first tier of consumption. We (2 of us) live in an older three bedroom home, two baths, large living room, […]
New dining experience at Canyon Desert (Nk’mip)
Dining NEW RESTAURANT OPERATORS CHOSEN! “Gecko’s Grill” at Nk’Mip Canyon Desert Golf Course We have selected a new Food & Beverage Operator for the Restaurant. Bill & Dawn Reid, a local couple from Oliver, who have extensive experience in the restaurant and catering business for the past 30 years, are excited about the opportunity to […]
Together we raised $2200!!!
We live in an amazing community! Thank you to everyone that came out to watch our Memorial Hockey Game of Friday night and made it a SUCCESSFUL event!! Congratulations to Tracy Zandee on winning the 50/50 and Bibi Bailey who won the Chuck-a-Duck contest. A big thank you goes out Jeff Crowley for organizing the […]
Civic auditor general dumped
British Columbia’s controversial auditor general for local government is being dismissed from her job. Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Coralee Oakes announced that she is recommending auditor Basia Ruta’s appointment be rescinded. Oakes says Ruta’s obstruction of an intended review of her office has created an intolerable situation that compounds the unstable work […]