The Oliver Ambassador Committee is continuing for the 2020 season. T The four current ambassadors: Phat Thai, Myaia Koenig, Sharon Grewal and Kael Koteles (shown above) are providing excellent guidance and proving to be very positive role models for the six new candidates who are beginning their journey through candidacy. The following six candidates will […]
Archives for May 2020
Decision by ALC – farmland in Town
See below for original story Just below decision of Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) December 30, 2019, the ALC did approve the proposal to release the covenant, with a condition that it is built in the proposed location (adjacent to 1171 Fairview Road) and the maximum floor area is restricted to 186m2 and yard area […]
Public hearings go on-line or get waived
By ROY WOOD Public hearings around bylaw amendments, particularly for zoning, may become rarer following a couple of decisions by Oliver council today. The first involved a proposed two-lot subdivision at the corner of Meadows Drive and Chardonnay Avenue. The applicant seeks to split a large lot into two smaller ones and rezone the property […]
Town of Oliver – council briefs
New residence on ALR land approved Council today approved an application from an area orchardist to build a primary residence on his agricultural land and to turn an existing rental home into accommodation for farm labour. The 9.3-acre property is in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) in the southwest corner of town at Fairview Drive […]
Fatal accident north of Oliver involved two vehicles – witnesses sought
Scooter operator dies in collision outside Oliver on Sunday says RCMP Traffic Services 2020-05-11 14:46 PDT File # SOTS 2020-2129 A man in his 70’s dies in a collision on Sunday, May 10, 2020, on Highway 97 outside Oliver, BC. On Sunday, May 10, 2020 at approximately 1:30 PM, Oliver RCMP and Emergency Services responded […]
Cleaning back country roads
Okanagan Forest Task Force teams up with off-road group to clean back country road Kane Blake of Okanagan Forest Task Force said 8,311 pounds of garbage and a whopping 29,100 pounds of metal was removed from our local forest on Saturdays cleanup. Since the task force started in September of 2016 the group has removed […]
Vaseux Lake environment – at risk?
35 pad trailer park within 20 feet of lakeshore will have severe consequences for Vaseux Lake environment The Vaseux Lake Stewardship Association (VLSA) and 98% of Vaseux Lake homeowners are appalled by the proposal at 3500 Highway 97. An application has been submitted requesting the exclusion from the Agricultural Land Reserve of land at 1.2 […]
Gun seized
Oliver – Officers response to domestic assault result in search warrant. On May 6th, 2020, officers in Oliver, BC, responded to a report of a domestic assault at a residence. During the investigation, officers applied for a warrant to search the residence. The search of the residence resulted in police seizing a loaded hand gun, […]