Ninety Special Olympics athletes, coaches and other supporters gathered in Oliver for the sixth consecutive year for a fun filled day of bocce played in the field adjacent to the Oliver Portuguese Club Saturday. A total of fourteen teams gathered from Trail, Vernon, Kelowna, Summerland, Keremeos, Penticton and South Okanagan (Oliver & Osoyoos). Some were […]
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Photo submitted by Bernard Bedard
Rain can bring joy
Photo submitted by Tony Munday
Oliver’s Bill Barisoff ~ Freedom of the Municipality Award
Well deserved award presented today by Mayor Ron Hovanes to the former Speaker of the Provincial Legislature Bill Barisoff. A lifetime of public service. Following information supplied by BC Government: Bill Barisoff served 8 years as Speaker and held the posts of Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection and Minister of Provincial Revenue prior […]
Testalinda Debris Flow relief fund – closed
Picture taken 2010 – Update to earlier ODN stories: The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has satisfied its commitment to a process that provided relief funding to victims of the June 2010 Testalinda Debris Flow. The Regional District was charged with disbursing about $43,500 in donations through an unmet-needs-committee in the community. “The fund was established […]
July 3rd – 3pm – Official opening of $12 million plant
Okanagan Falls Sewer Plant – only such facility operated by the Regional District Okanagan Similkameen. It is state of the art. The new sewer building is located 2kms south of the first plant in OK Falls near the Okanagan River.
The leadership torch to be passed
Acting Chair Mark Pendergraft at signing ceremony Friday looks confident and spoke well on behalf of the Regional District Okanagan Similkameen. Directors will elect a new chair at the next meeting in early July and Pendergraft is expected to get the nod to lead the RDOS through the remainder of the municipal/regional term ending in […]
Range Practice night at 232 Bighorn Sqdn – Air Cadets
Local youth from Oliver, Osoyoos and OK Falls met this week at the Sqdn hangar on Cessna Street for an evening of range practice under the supervision of Captain Kim Schur, assisted by Officer Cadet Encina and Emmanuel Brunnet. Young people from the surrounding communities are always welcome to join the Sqdn where they will […]