By ROY WOOD Town council agreed Monday to provide moral support toward a lobbying effort to convince Ottawa to reinstitute a program that refunds GST payments to foreign visitors returning to the U.S.Local duty-free store owner Cam Bissonnette described the Road Travel Rebate Incentive Program (RoadTRIP) as a three-year pilot project that would encourage “our […]

By ROY WOOD The desert night snake is so rare in Canada that there have been only about 20 sightings, all in the southern Okanagan and Similkameen valleys. The little critter, which looks similar to a young rattlesnake, is one of the rare and endangered species that are part of the raison d’être of the […]

“Found this gate damaged Tuesday at the east side flood control north of road 9. Another costly vandalism related repair job for us taxpayers. Shameful.” Terry

Shawn Goodsell, Director of Operations Town of Oliver There is one section of pipe that has shifted and pulled away from other pipe by 6”, one section that has collapsed by approximately 24” and some noticeable cracks and damages from the force of the landslide which reveal some of steel meshing in the pipe and […]

Osoyoos RCMP were busy this morning after a suspicious deposit was left at the town’s CIBC branch this morning. The package, a medium-sized duffle bag, was reportedly tied to a railing at the rear of the Main Street building just before 11 a.m. The bank and two neighbouring businesses were evacuated while officers examined the […]