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A gift to be celebrated in remembrance
Tulip garden at Veterans section at Oliver Cemetery is ready for planting Town of Oliver awarded a 70th Anniversary Dutch-Canadian Friendship Tulip Garden Friday October 16th at 1:30 in the afternoon Please come help us plant some tulips! Oliver is to receive 700 tulips being distributed across Canada to winning communities in celebration of […]
Saturday and Sunday – plan a visit
Kismet Estate Winery Wins Big British Columbia Wine Awards Kismet Estate Winery will be celebrating their double platinum and three silver medals winnings in the BC wine awards October 10th and 11th at their winery on Road 20 in Oliver, BC The event will include exotic food and wine pairings and entertainment. The name Kismet […]
Bump-outs – it begins
Follow the orange painted lines and you will get the drift of what a bump-out is and how it works to enhance safety for pedestrians, discourages j-walkers, slows traffic and may be upsetting to those trying to cut corners or large rigs doing commercial business downtown. Press the picture – get a better view
Vital Signs report issued – high marks for Safety in the region and the Arts
The report asks: what are three things you can do to get a better mark next time. The Vital Signs report card is done every two years by the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan/Similkameen and covers all areas of the Regional District. More on this report each day this week. Vital Signs Chair – Kim Lyster says […]
Getting off lightly
A man who popped the driver side – back window out of an RCMP police cruiser will have to pay back the damages. Marlon Orlando Wright, 39, of Oliver plead guilty to two counts of mischief under $5,000. He was fined $744, given a suspended sentence and probation after displaying remorse before a judge for […]
Osoyoos council doubles down on We Day grant
By ROY WOOD A group of elementary students so impressed Osoyoos council with its plea for funding to attend a youth empowerment event in Vancouver that the councillors gave them twice what they were seeking. Six students and a teacher from Osoyoos Elementary School asked a council committee meeting Monday morning for $500 and the […]