First. A reminder to everyone that open burning ends on April 15th. Second. The Oliver Fire Dept is looking for new members. So if anyone is interested or has been considering joining, pick up and drop off an application at town hall. Rob Graham Media Relations Oliver Volunteer Fire Department
Archives for April 2016
Photographer Jeremy Cook
Vote once per day until April 20th
SEARCHLIGHT on CBC It all happened the morning after the night before when a page of 40 year old lyrics was produced from a basement drawer and a challenge went out to two free spirited souls to “do something with these, surprise me” he said. Well Edwin Dukes was not prepared the next day for […]
$17, 000 to be awarded to students in June
“A” Pool Winning Group: Doug Lange’s team of left to right – John Dingman, Susan Capyk, Team Leader, Jill Zimmerman, Andy Marsel S.O.S.S. Enrichment Fund 21st Fairview Mountain Golf Tournament April 9th and 10th The first round on Saturday afternoon April 9th copied the Masters held at Augusta Georgia with perfect weather, perfect greens and […]
Self-storage proposal for RV park
By ROY WOOD The owners of the Desert Gem RV Resort pitched an idea to council Monday that would see a row of large self-storage structures across the eastern end of the property on Airport Road. Scott Nelson said he and other investors bought the property in 2008, shortly before the start of the […]
Oliver on the cusp of higher police costs
By ROY WOOD With the possibility looming of a sudden and drastic jump in policing costs, the town of Oliver will join other small towns in urging the province to change its funding formula. Under the current regime, towns with populations under 5,000 pay about 30 per cent of their policing costs, under an agreement […]
Photographer Val Friesen
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OLIVER COUNCIL BRIEFS – Roy Wood
Irrigation available next Monday The Oliver Water System is should be up and operating next Monday, just in time for area orchardists, vintners and other agriculture businesses. Operations director Shawn Goodsell said Monday that contractors are finishing up the concrete work in the project to patch the Gallagher Lake section of the system, which was […]