50 years ago Construction was started on the Oliver Curling Club. To celebrate the club hosted a Construction Bonspiel on Saturday November 9th. Curling club members are shown enjoying the this wonderful achievement. The winning team consisted of Bruce Schroter, skip, Barb Barley, third, Dave Arnold, second and Linda Schroter lead. Other two game winners […]
Archives for 2019
Oliver’s water facts
One of the first if not first provincial water districts – the Southern Okanagan Lands Project – built a massive irrigation system 1918-1927 at Oliver Presently 5200 acres of farmland watered by the Town of Oliver’s water utility with 600 agricultural connections fueled primarily by river water diverted into the “ditch” In town 2400 residential […]
Council briefs
Bylaw passed on vacation rentals and B and B requirements A Public Hearing for these bylaw amendments was held Tuesday, with eight members of the public in the gallery. No comments from the public were stated at the meeting. Council gave third reading to the amendment bylaw to permit vacation rentals within the Town of […]
Town of Oliver approves syphon fix
At a meeting this afternoon, Council was unanimous in improving a “low head syphon” fix. The Gallagher Lake syphon was damaged four years ago and has operated with temporary repairs…. with no long term plan. The BC government has stated they will contribute $5 million dollars with Ottawa – not finding a mechanism to help. […]
Art in photography
Submitted by Deborah L. Powers
Non teaching staff ratify agreement with School District – three year deal
Oliver – School District No. 53 (Okanagan Similkameen) and CUPE Local 523 announce the successful completion of 2019 bargaining of their Collective Agreement. Bargaining was conducted over 5 days commencing June 11, 2019 and ending September 9, 2019. 221 employees affected. Upon completion, the Memorandum of Agreement was ratified by the Board of Education of […]
Fundraiser to provide boost for SOGH
South Okanagan General Hospital stands to gain a real boost from this year’s Tree of Dreams campaign. The 14th annual fundraiser by the South Okanagan Similkameen (SOS) Medical Foundation will help fund the $1.25-million Emergency Department upgrade at SOGH. Construction will be completed by late December. The renovation was originally planned as a $970,000 upgrade, […]