Tara Bowie, 40, was killed in a singe-vehicle car accident on Friday, November 6th, while driving on Highway 3 East – between Keremeos and Osoyoos. Tara worked for Black Press, the Western Group including the Keremeos Review and Penticton Western A lovely lady, a great local journalist. I sat with her many times at the […]

The purpose of this report is to provide an update on the proposal to the Province of BC’s Community Housing Fund January 2021 intake and for Council to authorize the signing authorities to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Kiwanis Housing Society of Oliver for the submission of the proposal and ownership and […]

The Town of Oliver finance department has presented to council two budgets: Water Capital and Operating Sewer Capital and Operating Both with a suggested increase for 2021 of 4% In the water budget half of the capital budget is required for the Gallagher Lake Syphon Project and the other half for regular expenditures to keep […]

1965 George Alexander Trebek Order of Canada (July 22, 1940 – November 8, 2020) was a Canadian-American television personality, game show host and actor. He was the host of the syndicated game show Jeopardy! after its revival in 1984, and also hosted a number of other game shows, including The Wizard of Odds, Double Dare, […]

Boundary-Similkameen Liberal 7,735 NDP 10,500 0 0 Other 2,828 Total vote 21,063   Boundary-Similkameen – NDP victorious Arlyn Greig Wexit BC 474 – 2.25% Roly Russell BC NDP 10,500  – 49.85% Darryl Seres Conservative 2,354 – 11.18% Petra Veintimilla BC Liberal Party 7,735 – 36.72%

“In the last two weeks, we have seen a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and outbreaks in health-care facilities centred primarily in the Fraser and Vancouver Coastal health regions. “These are the result of transmission in people’s homes and in many workplaces, including food processing facilities, retail locations, public venues, as well as with […]

River Otters on the float deck at Tuc el nuit Lake