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Gas Tax grants
Councillor Marji Basso chaired last night’s Oliver Town Council meeting as Mayor Hampson was in Victoria. Council dealt with two gas tax matters: 1. For regionally significant projects – the RDOS has been given $4.27 million to distribute and Town Council has invited Area ‘C’ Director Allan Patton to sit in on priority discussions with regard […]
Easter Bingo prize winners
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Easter Scavenger Hunt sponsored by the Oliver Business association. The following Oliver residents were the winners of the prizes: Big Winner! Dylan Rotlisberger (in photo, with Tracy above) $20.00 Gift Certificate Medici’s 2 Small Pizzas from Almerios’s Pizza $50.00 Oliver Bucks to be […]
Water quality advisory
Town of Oliver has issued a water quality advisory for System #1 for domestic water customers – west of the Okanagan River. System #1 is north of Oliver and includes areas that do not have “twinned” systems. Turbidity is the cause of the latest advisory. Customers are not in Town – but are rural based customers. […]
Three signs in black
School District report
School District #53 (Okanagan Similkameen) BOARD REPORT Student Achievement Secondary School Apprenticeship: Over the past three years the district has benefitted from a grant ($15,000) from ITA to enhance participation in SSA. As a district we have done exceptionally well with 23 SSA’s in 08/09, 34 in 09/10, and we’re up to 18 this year. […]
A race to spring
photo collage by Ernie Race
Politicians fly out to lobby province
Local politicians are flying out Tuesday with Chief Clarence Louie and his staff to demonstrate support for the Osoyoos Indian Band’s bid to have the provincial Correctional Facility located on Band land near Senkulmen Business Enterprise Park. Solicitor General Shirley Bond (left) is the point person for the government on this file. Osoyoos Mayor Stu Wells […]