By ROY WOOD Councillor Dave Mattes didn’t get the oversight of shared-service budgets he was hoping for, but he got the rest of council to agree that it should at least see the budgets before they go to the RDOS. In a notice of motion submitted in September, Mattes sought a council policy to ensure […]

  By ROY WOOD In an ongoing and so-far fruitless effort to ensure the long-term viability of the South Okanagan General Hospital’s (SOGH) emergency room, three physicians on Monday sought support from Oliver town council. Drs. Madia Smallwood, Peter Entwistle and Jacob Bellingan painted a bleak picture of the current state of affairs where a […]

Heard on the news Canada Postal Service is now NOT on strike Will service improve? Are the employees happy? Am I ? Ok guys let us make a deal and brag that CPO provides best service and has employees to prove it

Following are some highlights of items discussed at the November 21 School District No. 53 Board of Education meeting. Over the past month our students have gone on some very interesting field trips. On November 21-22 : 39 OSE and OSS students travelled to Vancouver to participate in this year’s We Day event. The group […]

Comment on where you think “traffic calming” should take place in Oliver Date: Tuesday December 4th Time: 4:30 to 7:30 pm Place: Community Hall Open House format – Town of Oliver

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As construction of the new tower at Penticton Regional Hospital nears completion, the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation’s 13th annual Tree of Dreams campaign again focuses on the medical equipment required. The SOS Medical Foundation has just over $2 million to go in its $20-million fundraising drive. Tree of Dreams brochures have been mailed to […]