By ROY WOOD The owners of the Apple Beach RV Park are free to pursue their dream of building tourist accommodation on Tuc-el-Nuit Lake after council on Monday approved a rezoning of the property. James and Catherine Hodge have been seeking the change that would allow them to build a hotel or motel at […]
Osoyoos fire
Report of mobile home on fire in 7800 block of Meadowlark Drive Osoyoos at 2:35 am Tuesday. Osoyoos Fire Department responding
Rural report with Laird Smith
When did the last ice age end? No one really knows but the speculation is that it ended between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. For the sake of argument, I’ll choose 15,000 years which fits better into my story anyways. The glacier I’m talking about is the one called the Cordilleran Ice Sheet which lay […]
Woman attacked in Willowbrook – bear killed
Conservation Officers hunted from Wednesday last until Saturday to find a bear that attacked a middle age woman in Willowbrook’s community park. Sgt. Jim Beck of the Ministry of the Environment told ODN this morning the attack occurred in the morning of August 5th. The woman was walking her dog, the bear approached from the […]
Thank you…….. for sweeping up
CBRE employee after job completed* at Royal Bank in Oliver
Water conservation
The Town of Oliver has worked towards providing information and education for water conservation. As a contributing partner in the ‘Make Water Work’ campaign with the Okanagan Basin Water Board, the town was crowned as champions in 2014 in the Waterwise Program. While the award was given and domestic water use was down in 2014 […]
Town council business – upcoming
7 pm Public Hearings: Meadows Drive Development – Agur – Penticton Courtyard Inn – change in zoning Bulrush Drive – Hodge – change in zoning Regular Public Meeting to follow: Water reports including 2014 final report Adoption of Parks Regulation Amendments Zoning Bylaws Change in Tax Sale redemption date Award of contract for […]
