Council opted to continue to provide curbside collection at current service levels as per the Town’s contract with Waste Connections Canada and to possibly look at increasing service levels upon renewal of the Town’s curbside collection contract in 2026.

Council Seeks Public Input Oliver Town Council met on February 1, 2021 to continue discussion regarding the 2021 Capital Budget. As presented the budget shows a shortfall of $155,000 to complete  all planned work this year. Included in the budget is $1.5 million to finish Station Street north  to the Legion at Veterans Avenue. This […]

Clearview AI’s unlawful practices represented mass surveillance of Canadians VICTORIA – An investigation has found that technology company Clearview AI’s scraping of billions of images of people from across the internet represented mass surveillance and was a clear violation of the privacy rights of Canadians. The joint investigation by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner […]

New History Book in Works for Oliver As part of the One Hundred X One Hundred Project, the Heritage Society has started work on a new commemorative book to mark 100 years of the Oliver community and 10,000 years of the Syilx people, tentatively titled: One Hundred X One Hundred /x̌cəcikst X x̌cəcikst: Celebrating the […]

These days virtually all of society is under a microscope. We are questioning everything from the big bang theory to how we came to be. We question our scientists, our clergy, our place in society, our politicians and even the consensuses process we live under called democracy. Like it or not democracy is sustained by […]

ICBC customers will receive one-time rebates averaging $190 this spring – their part of $600 million that was saved due to a major decrease in crashes and costs as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. “Our work to make life more affordable for British Columbians includes fulfilling our commitment to take earnings at ICBC that are […]