By ROY WOOD The town of Oliver wants the province to lobby Ottawa for more time for consultation before marijuana is legalized July 1 next year. A letter to the province approved Monday says: “The lack of communication and consultation with local governments, and this extremely short consultation timeline (seven months) does not provide […]

Thanks to Jeremy for this and the banner high above

James (Jim) Hunter November 26, 1937 – October 21, 2017     Jim passed away peacefully with his family by his side at the age of 79 years in Oliver, BC. He was born in Vancouver and raised in Okanagan Centre. Jim is survived by his wife Margaret of 58 years; children Karen (Matt), Ken […]

1:30 pm Tuesday 1300 block Fairview Rd between Sumac Rd and No. 2 Road – south side Firemen delayed due to in correct address of event Not much there – what was burning?

There was a time long ago when people of differing views actually responded to each other in a civil manner. They also had intelligent responses not some cut and paste response often associated with nonsense> Today I turned on my TV to find that may be starting to happen again. Lets forget about the court […]

From:  Norm Gaumont – Chair – Vaseux Lake Stewardship Association On October 19, without consulting stakeholders such as the Vaseux Lake Stewardship Association, the  staff at RDOS (Regional District of the Okanagan Similkameen)  RECOMMENDED to the board of directors  to abandon plans for final cleansing of effluents released from the Okanagan Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant through […]

 Lots of questions about smoke in the fall skies.  “It is the time of year when open burning is permitted in the South Okanagan but not everyday is a good day for burning . The venting index for our area is available by phoning 250 490 4125.” Chief Bob Graham Oliver Volunteer Fire Department