Firm: BC Tree Fruits Industries Limited Work site: Oliver Current amount: $218,430.82 – fine imposed by WorkSafe BC Date imposed: April 4, 2018 This firm, which operates multiple locations, is being penalized as a result of health and safety violations found during two separate inspections at one of its plant locations. During the first inspection, […]

8:05 am Oliver ODN now on rain damage patrol and Main Street closed and traffic diverted

Students at 51 schools throughout the province will have new playgrounds when they return to school in September, as part of a new playground fund that will take fundraising pressure off of parents, announced Premier John Horgan. This funding is part of a new, ongoing Playground Equipment Program that will provide up to $5 million […]

A man has died following a police-involved shooting at the Departure Bay ferry terminal in Nanaimo Tuesday morning. RCMP, along with an Emergency Response Team, were attempting to arrest a man at the terminal in relation to a violent carjacking from another area of the province. Police said the carjacking originated in Penticton on Monday […]

  Osoyoos council moves to welcome pickers By ROY WOOD Thanks to a suggestion from a well-known local pastor, the town of Osoyoos will try to make itself more welcoming to the hundreds of itinerant agriculture workers who travel here every spring and summer. Town council agreed Monday to grant $2,500 to the Osoyoos Baptist […]