Don Osborne February 10, 1933 – August 10, 2017   On Thursday August 10, 2017, Mr. Donald Charles Osborne of Oliver passed away suddenly but peacefully at his home at the age of 84 years. He was predeceased by his parents John & Irene Osborne; brothers Bob, Jerry and Fred and son Rick Osborne. Don […]

The Bats of Skunk Hollow Our house was next to the mountain in an area nicknamed Skunk Hollow. In all the years we lived there we never saw one skunk! There were bears, cougars; bobcats; snakes, spiders, scorpions, ants, black widow spiders, puff spiders; Daddy long legs and a host of other critters but never […]

Burrowing Owl’s charitable contributions soar past $1 million – helping endangered owls. The Okanagan’s Burrowing Owl Estate Winery is proud to announce a milestone in its support of charitable organizations including the Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of BC.  As of August 1st the winery had raised $1.02 million, which has benefited not only the Society, […]

Information released by Okanagan Basin Water Board While some regions around us have been moved to Drought Level 3, the Okanagan, as of August 22, remains at Level 2. That said, we haven’t had any significant rainfall for many weeks, and the forecast is calling for more hot and dry weather. According to provincial staff, […]

A motion on ‘gaining intervener status’ has been approved at the RDOS Both the Rural Director Area C –  Terry Schafer and his alternate Rick Knodel were hoping for passage of a motion to gain access to the BC Utilities Commission on the two tier rate system review. We asked Manager of Legislative Services Christy […]

Highway 97 – at Bank Avenue between Royal Bank and Medical offices. Highway maintenance removed this over the weekend A new painted crosswalk should be completed on the south side of the intersection in due course.