Oliver Fire Protection Area (Rural) – Campfire Ban to be lifted Campfire ban will be lifted October 5, 2017 for rural properties within the Oliver Fire Protection Area. Permitted campfires are required to be no larger than half a metre wide and half a metre tall. It is also recommended that you have at least […]

Fall colours showcase, the lake, the island, the bluff Vaseux Lake

October is the last month of the year to see bats flying around before they disappear for winter. By November, bats have either moved into their winter hibernacula (i.e. caves, mines, rock crevices, tree snags) or migrated further south. Only four out of the 14 species of bats in the Okanagan use buildings for winter […]

Time: 8:30 pm Thursday Location: SOGH on McKinney Rd What: Alarm triggered in boiler room. No flames. Problem detected. Maintenance to fix. Both OFD engines returned to hall

Time: 5:44 pm Thursday Where: 1300 block Fairview Rd east of Sumac What – a grass fire at rear of “home” caused by a dropped cigarette according to one resident. ODN assaulted by another resident who grabbed the camera and said (in effect) he didn’t want to draw attention to the house. A real mess […]

Dateline – Keremeos Smoking banned in parks Village council has adopted a ban of smoking in parks in Keremeos. If you spark up in a park expect to pay up. Keremeos council voted unanimously to adopt a bylaw that bans smoking in all public parks in Keremeos on Monday. The ban takes effect immediately. “We’ve […]

School District No. 53 (Okanagan Similkameen) Board of Education Report We are off to a very positive school start for the 2017/18 school year, partly due to the positive financial position that the School District is in as well as all the staff additions and changes that are primarily due to the Supreme Court of […]

Shadow or miner working his claim? Titled Shadow Art