Oliver (OIB) resident – Alex Louie (Senk’lip) caught at the Osoyoos border crossing with two undeclared handguns last year will spend 477 more days in jail for his crimes. Louie, 50, has represented himself in court, and verbally sparred with Judge Arne Silverman stating that the court had “no jurisdiction” over him, due to his First Nation not […]

by Roy Wood Subsidized housing lot switch OK’d Osoyoos council has agreed to allow the developer of the so-called Richter Property portion of the Southeast Meadowlark subdivision to switch the “near market” designation from one lot to another. But council ordered that any future such requests for switching the designation would see the town’s administrative […]

The CEO of one of the province’s largest non-profit organizations and the former chair of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, Janet Austin has reached the highest level of achievement in both the social and business sectors. Janet has guided YWCA Metro Vancouver through a number of transitions that have put the organization at the […]

Before 7 pm south of Oliver East and north of Kismet Winery – two units from Oliver Fire Department attend burning complaint No structures threatened. On our way back home 4 fires with flames spotted in orchards.  Chalk this one up to Burning Complaints 101 Contain your fire.  Less smoke drier burn.

  By ROY WOOD The same pressure that led to the province releasing the rural education report needs to continue to ensure that it isn’t swept away and forgotten, says an Osoyoos town councillor. The report, commissioned by the former Liberal government and co-authored by Boundary-Similkameen MLA Linda Larson, was quietly released earlier this month […]

by Lyle and Margaret Warmington We are writing this letter as a result of the Town of Osoyoos looking at changing the zoning of R1 to include Supportive Housing. First off we are not Nimby people. We lost a son to suicide from addiction and mental illness, our daughter was addicted and was successful in […]