Sign on the door “Sorry to Inform” We will be closing doors December 22nd Present operator Dan Crucetti not on site – working up north. Employees told store restaurant to close. No confirmation. A long long time (70+ years) for one family to be in the restaurant/café business and they will be sorely missed by […]

Vanessa Broadbent, editor of the Osoyoos Times has moved on. Broadbent takes up a position with CTV in Winnipeg leaving Osoyoos December 8th.   Reporter Dale Boyd, of Penticton, succeeds Broadbent as Editor   Both the Times and the Oliver Chronicle owned by Aberdeen Publishing will be looking for a junior reporter to serve as […]

Approximate cost for installation of Video Surveillance at Various Town Owned Properties $85,106, there are other costs that the Town will have such as internet connections, mounting poles and extension of electrical services.   Legal/Statutory Authority: The installation of CCTV cameras requires the development of a policy and undertaking of privacy impact assessments. Strategic Plan: […]

MOTION ON NOTICE Reduce the speed limit to 30 k/hr. on Fairview Rd from its’ intersection with Spartan St eastwards across the Okanagan River to the intersection of Fairview Rd. with McKinney Rd then proceeding easterly to the intersection of McKinney Rd. and Tucelnuit Dr. Implement four way stop signs at the intersection of Fairview […]

THE SOUND OF MUSIC      I want to sing!  I want to open my heart and open my lungs and let it all belt out.  I want to express my joyful thoughts in music to gladden the heart of others. Recent events have taken much of my joy away but music always soothes my soul and […]

left to right: Wayde Bliss with Martin Johansen   Wayde Bliss has been the Town of Oliver’s building officer (inspector) for 25 years with no plans for retirement yet on the horizon. We caught his worship, Mayor Martin Johnansen in his office this morning, while he, Wayde, and myself reviewed an old photograph circa 1980-1985 […]