“Finding Beauty- Life in a Small Town” Show Location: Leza Macdonald Art Gallery Beyond Bliss January 18th from 6 pm – 8 pm Admission is free The senior photography students of SOSS toured as a class around Oliver, taking unique photos of structures, alleys, and objects. The goal was to create a show that told […]
Archives for January 2018
Food Security Plan – final report
FOOD SECURE OLIVER PLAN Oliver is seeking input from people and organizations across greater Oliver to provide feedback to the draft Food Secure Oliver Plan. The Food Secure Oliver Plan encompasses an approach that looks at the overall local food system and contains five levels of information: the vision, goals, strategies, objectives, and ideas. It’s […]
Fire chief's term extended for one year
Town of Oliver – council has approved a one year term extension (2018) for the present Fire Chief Bob Graham. Mayor Ron Hovanes told council and Eastlink Cable community live Monday that the staff will be conducting a review of just how the local fire department is administered and the role that council should play in selecting and […]
Update on SOGH – Emergency Department upgrade
Interior Health says a high priority project can be completed in Oliver in 2018 if all funding can be improved. The project is now listed on a budget at $970 thousand with local funding $388 thousand – secondary projects for SOGH include some new flooring budget 95 thousand and a bulk oxygen system at 58 […]
by Herb Moore
The Good Old Days? We were all packed up and ready to go. We consisted of my mother and dad, and two older sisters. Our transport was a hay wagon drawn by a team of horses. Tied to the back of the wagon were my older brother’s saddle horse and a Guernsey milk cow. […]
First Oliver Scouts get home for storage and equipment
Town of Oliver has authorized a MOU with the First Oliver Scouts and Cubs to have dedicated and secure storage space for a C – container, equipment trailer and fuel ( propane and other lights fuels) for camping excursions. There is no cost for the land in question to the west of the Air Cadet Hangar. The […]
Building Boom
It’s in the numbers: 2017 Building permit value – Town of Oliver 15 million$ on 101 permits 2016 Buildering permit value – Town of Oliver 9.79 million$ on 67 permits Most of the 15 million$ worth of construction projects involves housing and specifically single family units. of the above figure 2.5 million$ only for multi-tenant […]
Council briefs
Annual appointments list was approved by Council. Only major change was council’s representative to the Okanagan Regional Library. Councillor Dave Mattes will replace Councillor Maureen Doerr. Doerr will continue to be the alternate to the Regional District and the ORL. There are many committees but a few stand out as to their ability to spend […]