Town buys prime downtown land By ROY WOOD The Town of Oliver has jumped into the downtown revitalization game with the purchase of a prime chunk of Main Street real estate. Mayor Ron Hovanes told Monday’s council meeting that the town recently used $162,000 of the land reserve fund to purchase three lots from local […]

By ROY WOOD The Town of Oliver has a plan it believes will see the agricultural irrigation system up and running on time this spring, although flows will be lower than normal and some restrictions are possible. Council on Monday approved April 1 as the date to begin to fill the Oliver Water System and […]

By Roy Wood Rainbow crosswalk for high school Oliver’s first “rainbow crosswalk” will cross Fairview Road toward the high school near Gala Street. The design selected by council on Monday includes colorful stripes running parallel to the roadway on a white background. The multi-coloured crosswalk is meant to represent social inclusion and a rejection of […]

The Oliver Community Theatre Society has teamed up with Canadian company TixHub to offer the convenience of a new on-line Community Box Office for events at the Frank Venables Theatre. Launching this week, the new Community Box Office is accessible 24/7 through the Venables Theatre website at www.venablestheatre.ca When purchased online, tickets can be printed […]

OLIVER – The B.C. government is taking a tougher stand to discourage behaviour that contributes to increased wildfire risks to help protect communities, natural resources and infrastructure from wildfire damage. Proposed legislative amendments introduced last week as part of the Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act (Bill 12) include provisions aimed specifically […]

SO against Vanderhoof – South Okanagan lost this first game 6 to 3 SO against Arbutus Monday March 14 – South Okanagan 10 to 2 over Arbutus SO against Whitehorse Tuesday March 15 Based on the results of these three games – Wednesday brings the finals and the winners.