Resident pleads for Tucelnuit Drive sidewalk Council thanked Judy Harvey for her presentation Tuesday in favour of a new sidewalk along Tucelnuit Drive, but could offer little by way of hope that it might actually happen. Harvey told council that children going to Tucelnuit Elementary and many seniors living in the Cherry Grove, Sunningdale and […]
Archives for October 2016
Brenda Dorosz will run for the NDP
It’s official..the secret is out. I will be seeking the Nomination for BC NDP MLA Boundary Similkameen. I feel that it is time to put my passion and strong voice to work for the residents of Boundary Similkameen. As a life long resident with family ties back to 1920 in this region. I feel I […]
OCC – ‘ the jail ” – a part of our community
I timed it. less than 9 minutes from my townhouse to the – Okanagan Correction Centre (OCC) at Senkulmen Park. Pictures of front entrance and long shot of view from the North East. More importantly – the OCC mattress group – following a safety briefing inside. Clients of the ‘Painted Chair’ hired to install all […]
Victim of single vehicle accident early Monday identified
The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a woman who died after a motor vehicle incident in Oliver on Oct. 10, 2016. She was Beverly Anne Louie, aged 47, of Oliver. Ms. Louie was the driver and sole occupant of an SUV that left the roadway and rolled down an embankment in the […]
Rural dividend pays off in Boundary Smilkameen
Under the BC Rural Dividend, the Province is providing $313,180 in grants to five communities in Boundary-Similkameen, MLA Linda Larson announced today. The Osoyoos Indian Band is being awarded $100,000 to complete conceptual plans and engineering designs to facilitate land development in Oliver. The Lower Similkameen Indian Band is being awarded $91,750 to develop a […]
Eisenhut logo will soon be history
By ROY WOOD It will take a few months, but gradually the familiar Eisenhut Insurance logo will disappear from downtown Osoyoos, just as Echlin Insurance has vanished from Oliver. Both formerly local companies are have become part of the Surrey-based and rapidly expanding Westland Insurance Group, which now has four Okanagan locations, including Penticton […]
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Oliver race crew burning up Osoyoos track
Ah, the smell of burning rubber on a Sunday afternoon. After the rock band Queen enjoyed a Night at the Opera, they spent a Day at the Races. And that’s where you would have found the team of Dave Sabyan Kenny Brown and Don Cachola, members of the Wine Country Racing Association, this past Sunday. […]