Regional District Okanagan Similkameen RDOS area A – rural Director Mark Pendergraft – Alternate Denis Potter RDOS area C – rural Director-elect Rick Knodel – Alternate Terry Schafer Town of Osoyoos – Municipal Director Sue McKortoff – Alternate C.J. Rhodes * Town of Oliver – Municipal Director Petra Veintimilla – Alternate Martin Johansen Representatives to […]
Archives for November 2018
“My priority is serving the town of Oliver…” – Martin Johansen
By ROY WOOD As soon as next week, Oliver residents may see some action on an election promise to deal with worries about crime in the community. Mayor Martin Johansen said in an interview this evening following his swearing in that his top priority is establishing a Coordinated Enforcement Committee to begin working on crime […]
New Osoyoos council – sworn in – ready to go for 4 years
Front Row CJ Rhodes, senior councilor with Mayor Sue McKortoff (right) Back Row Kuldeep Dhaliwal, Myers Bennett, Jim King, Brian Harvey and Claude Moreira.
Developers told to “shove off”
Farmland is for farming Legislation introduced on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, makes it clear that land in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) is for farming and ranching in British Columbia, not for dumping construction waste or building mega-mansions. “The old government let wealthy speculators drive the price of farmland out of reach for young […]
Osoyoos election final report to council
The election for Mayor and Councillors had a voter turnout of 38.67% (1,593 of a possible 4,210 eligible electors). Voter turnout in previous elections: 38.67 % in 2018 42.37 % in 2014 40.00 % in 2011 46.51 % in 2008 57.17 % in 2005 There were a total of 187 ballots cast at the first Advance […]
Call for performers
We are inviting performers of all ages to join the “Holly Jolly Oliver!” community concert on Sunday November 25 at the Venables Theatre. Singers, dancers, musical groups, spoken word performers, magicians, clowns, and other entertainers are welcome to submit their request to enter. The concert is eclectic, celebrating the many aspects of the festival season […]
Interesting weather
Spirit of the Game
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Spirit of the Game Society, I’m thrilled to announce that we raised $10,460 at our inaugural fundraiser, Saturday night at The Sage Pub. It was a full house and, once again, the community came out in full force to support a local fundraiser. With this money, we […]