The Passenger Transportation Board, which is an independent licensing tribunal, is mandated to make decisions on applications relating to passenger directed vehicle authorizations in British Columbia, including ride hailing authorizations. The Board has completed its review of five additional ride hailing company applications. The Board has decided to approve the applications of: • Kabu Ride […]
Archives for 2020
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Lads and Lassies use camera to frame a pix A quick lesson in cropping the wires out of a snap and keeping the blue sky in Local photographer used his camera to frame a photo shoot High school students get outside – away from the heat
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Bring it on !!
South Okanagan Wine Village ( a joint project of the Osoyoos Indian Band and Greyback Construction ) Greyback Construction general manager Matt Kenyon says the idea was to create a one-of-a-kind village where small craft producers can start their own business, without the need to invest in a large-scale facility. “Ultimately, this project is all […]
Council briefs – Town of Oliver
John Kurvink, RDOS Manager of Finance provided Council with an overview of the 2020 Tax Requisition and factors affecting the requisition. Overall the Town will contribute $1,561,388 in taxes including a parcel tax (Sterile Insect Release) of $4,543. The requisition has increased $81,313 over 2019. Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) – Don Nettleton, Chief Executive Officer […]
deer on road ban
Annual Sheep count results
71th Annual Sheep Count at Vaseaux Lake Foothill Rangeson Sunday February 8, 2020. We had 58 Volunteers/Hikers attend with an 8am Start at the Vaseux Lake Campground. We’d like to thank this years volunteers who organized and cooked for the event: BC Trappers Association provided Hot Breakfast at Vaseux Lake Campground Thankyou Ryan and Glen. Thankyou […]
Alternatives to “chipping” gaining support at RDOS
Inclusion of trench and air curtain burners in the agricultural chipping subsidy. The current chipping program is proving way too expensive for the smaller farms to employ. The rational at the time was that the chips could be tilled back into the land for composting. It was found that tilling these large amounts of chip […]