39 property owners/farmers have signed a petition and sent it off to the Regional District Okanagan – Similkameen expressing strong objections to a proposal for what they call an ‘unnecessary and redundant’ trail south of Oliver. The objection is to the “use of a public resource for a new trail” which to a large degree […]
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Concern expressed about new KVR Trail
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Population of Osoyoos 6737 Population of Oliver 8297 Census info for Area C and Oliver Census info for Area A and Osoyoos ** Further info sought – Census info for Oliver 5175 in 2011 Census info for Osoyoos 4855 in 2011 All websites indicate no certainty as to what areas included/excluded in the determination
Reminder from Oliver Fire Department
Just a reminder that we will be having a BBQ on Saturday from 11:00-2:00 pm as well as doing sales for the Oliver / Rockcreek Wildfire T-shirts. Sale is at Buy-Low in Oliver All profits will be going towards buying a First Out Fire Suppression Unit for the Midway/Rockcreek FD. We will also be selling […]
Hard work – long career – generosity
John Pankiw, president of the Cantex Group of Companies, has become the latest major donor to support the new Patient Care Tower at Penticton Regional Hospital. Pankiw has donated $100,000 to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation’s campaign to supply the medical equipment for the PRH expansion. Pankiw founded Cantex in 1971, four years after […]
Pots, pans, spoons, knives……bear!
A Port Coquitlam teen stabbed a bear in his backyard with a kitchen knife to save his beloved wheaten terrier. Pierce Orminston, 15, let his terrier, Dublin, out behind his home last Wednesday when she started barking. When he went to see what was going on, he saw a large black bear attacking her. Orminston […]