Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer – “It’s time we addressed the rapidly growing use of vapes by young people in B.C., as vape advertising and the draw of vapes for youth become even more attractive and deadly. We have years of successful and effective anti-smoking efforts already, and it’s beyond time we turned to […]

Town of Oliver Increase in annual sewer fees – 2% Increase in annual water fees – 2% plus an additional  2 percent for water capital reserve (syphon repairs)   Both funds operate as utilities and charge fees quarterly but not on the tax bill. The utilities also balance revenue with expenses and operate at no […]

Oliver’s council of 5 members spent well over an hour Wednesday discussing two subjects – funding for the Oliver Tourism Association and the “once in five year” opportunity to rework/reword the agreement between the Regional District and the Parks and Recreation Society. ( that society has two members, The Town of Oliver and Rural Area […]

50 years ago Construction was started on the Oliver Curling Club. To celebrate the club hosted a Construction Bonspiel on Saturday November 9th. Curling club members are shown enjoying the this wonderful achievement. The winning team consisted of Bruce Schroter, skip, Barb Barley, third, Dave Arnold, second and Linda Schroter lead. Other two game winners […]

One of the first if not first provincial water districts – the Southern Okanagan Lands Project – built a massive irrigation system 1918-1927 at Oliver Presently 5200 acres of farmland watered by the Town of Oliver’s water utility with 600 agricultural connections fueled primarily by river water diverted into the “ditch” In town 2400 residential […]

Bylaw passed on vacation rentals and B and B requirements A Public Hearing for these bylaw amendments was held Tuesday, with eight members of the public in the gallery. No comments from the public were stated at the meeting. Council gave third reading to the amendment bylaw to permit vacation rentals within the Town of […]

At a meeting this afternoon, Council was unanimous in improving a “low head syphon” fix. The  Gallagher Lake syphon was damaged four years ago and has operated with temporary repairs…. with no long term plan. The BC government has stated they will contribute $5 million dollars with Ottawa – not finding a mechanism to help. […]

  Submitted by Deborah L. Powers