HOG – Home Owner’s Grant $1045 – what is available to a senior living in the South Okanagan in reducing civic taxes Changes  – see below – not as easy as before – key item – apply once your tax notice is received in the mail  

Two new deaths to report for a total of 68 o   Two additional deaths at Noric House in Vernon Update on outbreaks: Royal Inland Hospital has 66 cases: 23 patients and 43 staff, with one death connected to this outbreak. Cariboo Memorial Hospital has 14 staff cases. Brocklehurst Gemstone long-term care in Kamloops has 23 cases: […]

When it comes to COVID it’s been a year and we’re not out of the woods.  In fact the forest is still growing.  So lets look at the score card.  This analogy is a gruesome game of life and death.  COVID has some pretty good players, by mutating they have a team that can play […]

Update on outbreaks: Royal Inland Hospital has 51 cases: 19 patients and 32 staff, with one death connected to this outbreak. Cariboo Memorial Hospital has 13 staff cases. Brocklehurst Gemstone long-term care in Kamloops has 23 cases: 16 residents and seven staff, with two deaths connected to this outbreak. Sunnybank long-term care in Oliver has […]

Near River Rd and Highway 97 – North of Oliver Another chimney fire off River Rd reported but quickly handled – next to Hwy and next to the Bridge. By four pm – all units had cleared both scenes and returned to the Fire Stations. Special thanks to Osoyoos Fire Department and the Willowbrook Fire […]

      Oliver Fire Department attended a home at Rd 20 – east of Highway 97 south of Oliver at about 9am and are now returning at noon as the fire has reignited in a room behind the fire place. Heavy smoke reported. Residents have left the building. A 2nd alarm now in place […]

Male House Finch eating dried up winter blackberries in the brambles.