This American Kestrel is North America’s smallest falcon. Beautiful markings.

Oliver, 12 additional seats $89,000 Salmon Arm, 20 additional seats $66,000 Vernon, 20 additional seats $66,000 “Health-care assistants play a valuable role in the public health system, offering day-to-day personal-care support to seniors and people with disabilities,” said Adrian Dix, Minister of Health. “Investing in health-care sector education programs means people are getting trained for […]

Effective Sunday, April 15, 2018, the Open Air Burning Ban is in effect, which includes backyard and multiple pile burning for those lands which are contained within the RDOS Fire Protection Areas in accordance with RDOS By-Law No. 2364, 2005. Municipalities within the RDOS have similar seasonal bans going into effect on the same date […]

Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) is now available for eligible British Columbians in the Interior who may have been impacted by overland flooding or landslides from heavy rains that began on March 22, 2018. DFA is available to homeowners, residential tenants, small business owners, farmers, charitable organizations and local government bodies who were unable to obtain […]

Alan Richard Thornton June 21,1943 -January 21, 2018. Al was born and raised in Oliver. He enjoyed the simple life of the Okanagan, was athletic, active in Air Cadets and proud to obtain his pilot’s license at age 16. Alan had a musical ear, played piano, violin, harmonica and enjoyed performing in his high school […]

Loose Bay Campground Raise the flag ceremony 6-6:30 pm All are welcome

Skippin’ classes hey? No not really – hard work, working up a sweat- hundred of sand bags complete. Work with men and women of the BC Forest Service, local firefighters, and teachers – even a principal. Wow – not an every day classroom experience. But a really good one to recognize the emergency, the situation, […]