Council of the Town of Oliver – each year a municipality must report publicly on salaries and expenses to elected officials and to employees making over $75 thousand dollars in the year of 2015. Elected Officials Mayor Hovanes $26,502.45 with expenses of $7105.55 Councillors $14,134.55 each Expenses: Maureen Doerr – $4941.28, Petra Veintimilla $4538.38, Larry […]

  By ROY WOOD Two Oliver re-zoning applications – one major, one minor – sailed through public hearing on Monday with no objections from members of the public. The re-zoning with the largest potential impact on the town involves the so-called “Forbes property,” a nearly three-hectare parcel northeast of the corner of Co-op Avenue and […]

Distracted driving, like drinking and driving, is entirely avoidable, yet too often has devastating consequences. On June 1, new regulations, fines and penalties on distracted driving come into effect. These enhanced initiatives are in large part due to the public consultation our government held last year. Driving is a privilege. For drivers who do not […]

Continued warm weather over the past week, particularly over the southern half of the province, has led to on-going rapid melt of this season’s snow pack. Snowmelt observed at the provincial Automated Snow Weather Stations (ASWS), and preliminary May 1st manual snow surveys is indicating a rapid depletion of snow over the past month. The […]