A 60 year old Olalla man is in intensive care at Vancouver General Hospital, after a fire burned seven vehicles including a motor-home on a rural Keremeos area property Monday. “I was sleeping and I heard a loud boom and came out. There was fire coming from one of the vans, so I grabbed a hose, and the […]
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Motor homes & propane – dangerous mix – Olalla fire
Council report – safety issues dealt with
Decisions and Discussions – June 10, 2013 – Oliver Town Council 1. Hillcrest Avenue – Development Permit with variances granted to Mike Shybunka for a new garage (55.82 sq. metres) to service cars at 429 Hillcrest. It was pointed out that several problems existed with that piece of roadway including use by skateboarders, unsafe conditions at […]
Another view
Strange that you should take your picture only 4 days after I shot mine. But seeing as how you cropped off the top part of the roof, I thought we should show it as well, complete with workers installing the last few sheets of the metal roof. The size and height of the new Venables […]
Rain drops by Jeremy Cook
Osoyoos history
A few days ago you posted photo above asking readers what they can tell about it. I have checked with the two Osoyoos grandsons of the man shown: Ross Driver, and George Fraser (Jr) verify that the man shown is George J. Fraser. He sold the business to T.G. (Tommy) Wilson in 1947. The office […]
Cy Bollong passes
Cyrus Bollong November 11, 1929 – June 1, 2013 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Cyrus Eaton (Cy) Bollong at the age of 83 years. He was a fifty year resident of Osoyoos. Cy was well known in the business community. He owned his own business for many years […]
Osoyoos police report
On June 4th at approximately 10:15 pm, an Osoyoos RCMP Officer on patrol stopped a 2010 Dodge Ram for driving without headlights at night. At the same time as the truck was being stopped Police received a call that 3-4 people had been denied entry to a local Pub due to their being drunk and […]