The Oliver Curling Club Society will get a break on its 2015 municipal tax bill thanks to an exemption granted by town council on Monday. The exemption will see the club pay $1,625, or just 12% of the $13,537 property taxes that would otherwise have been owed. By way of comparison, council was told that the […]

Oliver’s chief administrative officer (CAO), Heidi Frank, was missing from the town council meeting on Monday, replaced at the senior staff table by acting CAO David Svetlichny. Asked about the missing top staff member, Mayor Ron Hovanes would say only: “(She) is not in her office for the time being.” The mayor said chief financial […]

School is back. Back to business at School District #53 (Okanagan-Similkameen) This weekend trustees from around our branch (Revelstoke to Kamloops to Cache Creek and Princeton and all the communities in between) will come to our district to hear about the many great initiatives in our schools. We will also showcase our new Southern Okanagan […]

During the 1970’s, Wally Smith’s opinion on the cause of many of the world’s problems was over population of us humans. “Just too many people!”, he would exclaim when issues such as farm land consumption and hungry nations came up. Wildlife is generally tuned in to the availability of food. Birds will build a nest […]

Osoyoos Coyotes join local kids on the ice. Coyotes player Evan Loura joined Victoria for a skate at the Oliver Arena for the ‘Lace em Up’ session on Sunday. This has been the biggest turn out since the program star Yesterday South Okanagan Minor Hockey hosted a ‘Lace Em Up’ session for kids to come […]

The 32nd annual Fall Art Show and Sale presented by the Oliver Community Arts Council is set to goOctober 3 and 4th. The Oliver community Hall will be transformed into a maze of creativity, colour and choices. There are entries from the finest artists from Oliver, Osoyoos, OK Falls and Penticton. Nine categories to vote […]