“Police in Central California say two family dogs killed a three-day-old baby after her mother left her on the couch and walked away for a few seconds. The girl’s mother had left the door open because it was hot and she thought the dogs were tied up in the back yard. The baby died at […]
Archives for June 2016
Town website not up to snuff – councillor
By ROY WOOD Town staff will examine the issues and costs around updating and upgrading Oliver’s website after a council member pointed out Monday that some of the content of the site is dated and inaccurate. Councillor Jack Bennest told council that while perusing the site recently he came across a reference to the town […]
Scene in passing
Photo Dave Whalley
June 29th – Open House
OLIVER COUNCIL BRIEFS
By Roy Wood Town sells Hemlock Street land The town has apparently been successful in selling a piece of unused industrial land to an undisclosed buyer. The parcel at 5895 Hemlock was offered for sale following the May 9 council meeting after council decided it has no current or foreseeable use for the property. The […]
Expand off-leash area, former mayor urges
By ROY WOOD An Oliver dog owner and former mayor would like to see Lions Park and the northern section of the Hike and Bike Trail become early morning off-leash areas. Pat Hampson told council that the Lions Park Action Committee has discussed the possibility of a fenced off-leash area at the north end of […]
Public Hearing
Threat to Kootenay school over
On June 23, 2016 at 2:30 p.m. the Kootenay Boundary (Nelson Rural RCMP) received a report of a possible threat at the Mt. Sentinel High School, which is situated 20 kms West of Nelson along Hwy #3. Officers arrived at the scene to find school officials had detained one of the students. After a brief […]