Enrolment * Pending final enrolment count in the fall, it is estimated that there will be 537,589 public school students in the 2017-18 school year. This would be an increase of 4,232 students since last year (school-aged and adult, funded full-time equivalent students). * Based on student head-count in the 2016-17 school year, there were: […]

All summer long a vibrant market and concert series at the Oliver Community Park has been the result of collaboration between Oliver Parks and Recreation, the Oliver Community Arts Council and Market Coordinator Audrey Enixon. Crowd numbers have exceeded 250 on some nights and each week the market features new vendors with homemade or homegrown […]

  Forest Fire Highway 33 Both directions – Highway 33 is open in both directions. Between Schram Road and Cardinal Creek Road a speed zone of 50 Km/h is in place. Obey all traffic control staff, as flaggers will manage fire staging work locations to support fire mitigation needs. Expect minor delays.   Check Drive […]

  6:36 AM PDT Monday 28 August 2017 Special air quality statement in effect for: •Central Okanagan •North Okanagan •South Okanagan The Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Strategy, in collaboration with the Interior and Northern Health Authorities, has updated the Smoky Skies Bulletin due to smoke conditions. Areas covered by this Bulletin include: 100 […]

Saturday Oliver Airport Former Mayor Pat Hampson celebrates a milestone ( in abject terror, he says ) All reports indicate Pat made the jump in tandem with an escort and survived the day.

The most common name is 4 o’clocks because they open in the late afternoon, remain open until morning, and on cloudy days they may not close at all. Their other common name is “Marvel of Peru” and is probably because they are native to the tropical areas of South America. They love the South Okanagan […]

Back row: John Bork, Mike Shippit, Brian Walker, Chris Yerburgh, Lyle Graham, Jim Pendergraft, Terry Schorn, Richard Besler, * Dan Roberts, George Nielson Front row: Betty Bork, Joan Sanderson, Joyce Thomson, Allan Close, Yvonne Moore. Class of 1952 – Graduating Class This was the first class to start it education in the brand new High […]