Oliver Mobile Clinic Location: Visitor Information Centre, 6431 Station Street Time: Tuesday, July 13 and Wednesday, July 14 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Who: People in the Oliver area who are born in 2009 or earlier and who have not yet received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine or anyone who received their […]
Archives for July 2021
Lucky so far -part two
Drop in !! clinics in Oliver and Osoyoos
Osoyoos Indian Band purchases land in Castlegar
TRADITIONAL TERRITORY PURCHASE Congratulations to the Osoyoos Indian Band on their purchase of Lot #3 Broadwater road this property is 10 minutes upstream from Castlegar on the Columbia River. This is our traditional territory and OIB Chief and Council wanted members to have access for traditional usage. Hunting, Fishing, Berry picking etc. The property is […]
Helicopter falls from sky at Checkmate Winery
Pix above from OFD – photo credit Oliver Chronicle No one hurt Oliver RCMP attended to a helicopter crash on Wild Rose St., South of Oliver shortly after 2pm. Oliver volunteer fire dept on scene as well as BC Ambulance paramedics. 3 occupants transported to hospital. This is a Transportation Safety Board investigation that police […]
10$ a day for child care before 2027
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government has reached a deal with British Columbia on federal child-care funding. Trudeau says the agreement stipulates Ottawa will work with the province to reach an average of $10-per-day child care in regulated spaces for children under six years old before 2027. He says the deal aims to create […]
Oliver Youth Ambassadors
Photo – OPRS
July 9th – Friday
The Osoyoos Indian Band will be holding a Walk to Remember in Oliver on July 9 for the 215 children discovered at the Kamloops residential school and the more than 1,000 across Canada discovered since. The Walk ends with the unveiling of the Osoyoos Indian Band’s Residential School Monument Wall in Oliver. Members of the […]