Shriners thank local grocery store for help and assistance at Kenyon Park in OK Falls August 13th.
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Buy-Low Oliver thanked by Penticton Shriners
Jim Stewart wants a few changes on donations….
An Okanagan veteran wants to donate money raised at his legion to a national PTSD support organization, but the province won’t allow it. Jim Stewart with the Oliver Legion has participated in a veterans’ PTSD program in Alberta for the last three years. He wanted his local legion to donate money to that program but was […]
Changes at the top
RCMP Superintendent Kevin Hewco will leave his post as top cop in the Regional District. Hewco said Tuesday his last day will be Sept. 19, after 30 years of service to the RCMP. A process is now underway to find a replacement. His job : chief of police in Penticton and supervisor or all RCMP […]
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New trail being built for SO hikers
NOTICE OF KVR TRAIL SURFACE UPGRADE Skaha Lake KVR Trail surface upgrade will be taking place from Alder Avenue in Kaleden, north to Banbury Green Campground from August 29 through September. Expect to see heavy equipment and delays associated with the trail upgrades.
Condolences to his family
Obituary for the late Melvin Ronald Ball 1939 – 2016 On Tuesday August 23, 2016, Mr. Melvin Ronald (Mel) Ball of Oliver passed away at the South Okanagan General Hospital with his special friends at his side at the age of 76 years. Mel was predeceased by his parents and brother Vernon. He is […]
AAP – a different approach
Alternative Approval Process is used by municipalities and Regional Districts to “get the approval” of landowners and tax-payers for certain new services being introduced. Recently the RDOS passed a motion to use the AA Process on a “Sustainable Conservation Program” costing $450 thousand. Before it can be submitted to the public – it must be cleared […]