Venables Theatre awarded sizable grant The Oliver Community Theatre Society is thrilled to announce that we have once again been awarded the Community Presenters Assistance grant. For the second year in a row the theatre has been successful in our application for funding which will help cover presentation costs for our 2019/ 2020 Season. The […]

Wednesday – five days to go before classes begin at Tucelnuit Elementary School. Pictured Patsy-Anne Takacs at a point in time – finished first year in her new post and confirmed in it fairly recently. Roadwork and safety – Takacs pleased with a high raised platform that hopefully will stop speeders on Park Drive as […]

Here is the message the Okanagan Basin Water Board wants local government to take to the Provincial Government in September Invasive Milfoil Control and the Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussel in the Okanagan The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) has been controlling invasive Eurasian water milfoil in the Okanagan since the 1970s. The program was developed […]

If you see the Town Hall illuminated with purple flood lights, you’ll know it’s International Overdose Awareness Day on Aug. 31. In July council directed staff to embark on a social media campaign to promote the awareness and erect lighting to signify the event. Getting “clean.” “Junkie.” “Addict.” “Dirty” needles. The language we use to […]

There is a saying, no good deed goes unpunished and once again it comes true.  The government legalized marijuana on the road to expunging all those with criminal records for simple possession.   In so doing we have made one major mistake I doubt society can fix.  This is not the time for I told […]

Obituary for the late Linda Benko  February 4, 1926 – August 24, 2019   The family of Linda Benko sadly announces her passing on August 24, 2019 at McKinney Place Extended. She was predeceased by her husband Joe Benko in March 1999. Linda is survived by her siblings Walter Krause, Jean Boisclair and Connie Davies […]

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Gallagher Lake Siphon Repair – Oliver’s contracted engineering firm (TRUE) provided Council with additional information on the existing re-routing option and discussed alternative options regarding the siphon repair at Gallagher Lake. The design of a new pressurized “low head” option with 5 foot pipe may be a more viable choice financially and with a reasonable […]