PUTTING THINGS IN ORDER                                                           Last night my granddaughter came for a sleep-over.  She is fourteen and I have been promising her sleep-overs since I moved to my new home in November.  Circumstances have prevented this, including a two month absence to care for my cousin, in Scotland. That visit ended sadly but I was there […]

  Tuesday the public will be allowed to make presentations after reviewing the finalized budget 6pm In the morning citizens can see and hear a presentation on RDOS cost increases to the Town of Osoyoos

  “Let’s nest”

Oliver Landfill Receives Provincial and Federal Funding The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) has received an $800,000 grant to construct a residential food waste compost site at the Oliver Landfill.  The grant includes $400,000 contributed by the Province of BC and $400,000 from the Federal Government. The total estimated construction and equipment costs of the […]

Inmates are running a craft business  at the Okanagan Correctional Centre. For little more than the price of materials, members of the public can order items produced in the jail’s multi-purpose shop, where inmates learn skills like metalwork, woodwork and tailoring as part of a program designed to make them more employable once they’re released. […]