Oliver & District Heritage Society Annual General Meeting (AGM) We invite everyone to attend the Oliver & District Heritage Society’s AGM on Wednesday, April 27th at 7:00 pm at the Quail’s Nest Arts Centre on 5840 Airport Street. Joining us this year is heritage preservationist Kelley Cook, who will be talking about her 5 year […]
Archives for April 2016
Disney’s The Lion King JR. is playing at Frank Venables Theatre starting on May 4, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. through May 5, 2016. The 75-minute musical, designed for middle-school aged performers, is based on the Broadway production directed by Julie Taymor and the 1994 Disney film. The Oliver Elementary Fine Arts Club cast contains approximately […]
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Family not happy with story – change of venue request
From Laurie Wilson – representing the family of Roxanne Louie “The community is very concerned about any change of venue. This case garnered publicity because of its horrendous nature and rightfully so! It will cause a great hardship on the family and community who have the right to see justice done. Any change of venue […]
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Town to help restore flooded orchard
By ROY WOOD Despite warnings from its chief financial officer, Oliver council on Monday agreed to spend up to $2,000 to mitigate damage to an orchard caused by a ruptured water line. Operations director Shawn Goodsell told council that a rupture of the town-operated irrigation line occurred last Monday, flooding an orchard at the end […]
Multi-family housing proposed near river
By ROY WOOD A proposal for a high-density housing development of up to 117 units just east and south of downtown made its first appearance before council Monday. A request for re-zoning from “agricultural transition” to high-density residential was presented for the nearly three-hectare parcel northwest of the intersection of Co-op Avenue and Sawmill Road. […]
Town of Oliver – council briefs
Property crime down, says RCMP With the exception of a recent spate of telephone frauds, crime in Oliver is down across the board, RCMP Sgt. Blaine Gervais told a council committee meeting Monday. He credited the arrest in Alberta last month of a three-member gang who had been active in the Oliver area and the […]
Linda Larson, MLA writes
Column By Linda Larson MLA, Boundary-Similkameen Rural B.C. has been the focus of several recent government announcements that have a positive impact on the South Okanagan and Boundary-Similkameen. The province continues to move forward on its fight against invasive mussels. A permanent, mobile inspection station is set up near the border crossing in Osoyoos – […]