VICTORIA – Sensitive alpine areas in the Okanagan Region will benefit from more protection starting July 1, when a new regulation under the Wildlife Act comes into effect prohibiting the use of motor vehicles above 1,700 metres, except on existing roads and trails. The new regulation, known as the Okanagan alpine motor vehicle prohibition, excludes […]
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School District report in brief
Graduates: 182 in the entire district. Keremeos – 29 Osoyoos – 48 Oliver/OK Falls – 85 Apprenticeship Program – The district will be receiving $20 thousand to maintain the present programme and look to improving the grade 6/7 program to make it more hands on. Union leadership – Ron Rachinski – elected president for another […]
School update – 65% completion on lower floor
Picture of school construction taken at +8:30 pm. First day of summer light. Wednesday’s School District #53 Board meeting heard a report from Facilities Superintendent Mitch Van Aller on progress of the reconstructed SOSS. Van Aller says he is expecting to see bids in the next week from a number of contractors who did a […]
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Ripley Lake Father’s Day Fishing
A successful Father’s Family Fishing Day was held at Ripley Lake It was a place of friendly people from Osoyoos, Oliver, Keremeos and Penticton. All were pleased with the newly graded road and the signage, good fishing and pleasant weather. The highlight of the day was a little toddler who carried the fish up to […]
Marathon at Fairview Mountain – see earlier story
This year’s players for Oliver’s Fairview Mountain are the same as last year, Patrick Martin and Paul Welsman From John Chapman wanted me to send this and let you know that they were starting round #5 at 8:15 am, on their marathon Golf a Thon for ALS. Tee’d it up at 4:07 this morning. – […]