Taking effect April 1, 2019, the changes include: * A new limit of $5,500 on pain and suffering for minor injury claims. The cost of those claims has increased 265% since 2000. British Columbia is the last province in Canada to take this kind of action. * The first major improvements in accident benefits in […]

It was a terrifying ordeal for the residents of the small mining village of Hedley, B.C., when on the night of January 24, 1939, huge boulders plummeted 12,000 feet down the side of Stemwinder Mountain. Hedley and the mines of Nickel Plate and Mascot were dependent on a loyal workforce. The companies provided housing for […]

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Sixty years ago in the grader room –  the box boys were busy hanging empty boxes on the moving hooks in the air overhead, so that the packers would have them available anytime they needed them. The apples going on the sorting tables were a mixture of good, bad, solid red, not so red, slightly […]

  You can watch this on video – go to www.osoyoos.ca Osoyoos had appealed to the Census Bureau on the 5000 population figure that triggers increased costs to the Town. The number came down a bit but not enough. Motion to sign RCMP policing contract – staffing and other costs to move from $376T to $953,000 for six […]

Close to 500 residents came to learn about the new Automated Cart Program at the Open House held on February 3 at Oliver Elementary School. Residents were able to meet with staff to learn more about the cart program. They were also able to see and feel the waste, recycling, and yard waste carts first […]

As BC works towards the federal timeline for legalization of non-medical cannabis in July 2018, the Province continues to set policy direction to meet the needs and expectations of its citizens. “As a result of months of engagement, additional research and analysis, we continue to build the Province’s regulatory framework and have set policy direction on […]