1. a Shoppers Drug Mart team member in Oliver (5955 Main Street) has tested positive, and last worked Dec. 12. 2. a No Frills team member at Oliver Place Mall tested positive on a presumptive test for COVID-19. The last day the team member worked was on December 26. In the opinion of this editor […]
Archives for January 2021
Vaccinations to ramp up soon – health care workers and LTC
As many as 150,000 people, including those living in long-term care facilities (LTC) and front-line workers in hospitals, are expected to be immunized against COVID-19 by February, B.C.’s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, said Monday. Henry, speaking at the first pandemic update of 2021, said that the first groups being vaccinated include residents, staff […]
BC property assessments up by almost 5-6 percent in Oliver
Market Movement Change from July 1, 2019 to July 1, 2020 Jurisdiction Town of Oliver Residential Total 4.9% Single Family Residential 5.8% Strata 1.4% Business/Other -4.2% Light Industry 2.3% Neighbourhood East of OK River Residential Total 4.6% Single Family Residential 4.9% Strata N/A Change from July 1, 2019 to July 1, […]
Vitamin D – time to walk in the sunshine
by Curtis Zutz
Grant pays for signage
Community Foundation Funds Outdoor Signage This New Year is bringing some new signage for the Oliver & District Museum. The ODHS has been awarded a grant of $2,004.80 by the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan-Similkameen for the purpose of designing and installing weatherproof signage for its outdoor Museum artifacts. The artifacts, which are located […]
Covid – Interior Health report
IH is reporting 290 new cases since Dec. 31, for a total of 4,178. o 107 cases reported on Jan. 1 o 71 cases reported on Jan. 2 o 52 cases reported on Jan. 3 o 60 cases reported on Jan. 4 767 cases are active and on isolation. Thirty-nine people are in hospital; six of them in ICU. Total number of deaths in IH has risen to 32. o 1 additional death at […]
The latest
Health officials in B.C. will provide four days worth of COVID-19 data at 3 p.m. PT Monday On Dec. 31, 2020, 683 new cases of COVID-19 and eight more deaths were reported. B.C.’s total pandemic death toll stands at 901. 374 people are in hospital, with 76 in intensive care. A total of 17,510 people in B.C. have received […]