On July 16, 2013, at approximately 6:00 pm, Police, Anarchist Mountain Fire Department, and BC Ambulance responded to a motorcycle accident on Anarchist Mountain near McGuire Rd. A 47 year old local man was travelling on a 2010 Kawasaki motorcycle east bound and went off the roadway into a rock cliff. The man received severe […]

A 19-year-old Keremeos man who drowned in the Similkameen River after falling from his raft and being swept away by strong currents A 21-year-old international student who died after suddenly finding himself over his head while swimming in Thetis Lake, northwest of Victoria A 24-year-old man who was pulled out of Sasamat Lake in Port […]

On July 22, 2013 16:31 hrs the Oliver RCMP and Fortis BC responded to a report of a single vehicle motor vehicle incident in the area of Fairview Road, just east of Willowbrook Road.  Arrival confirmed that a hydro pole had been struck, broken in two places and that hydro was out in the area. The […]

Okanagan Divas – 6:30pm Historic CPR Building, bring a lawn chair – donations appreciated. Cindy Doucette and Mikie Spillett – country, jazz, pop, rock and original songs.

Nick Poznikoff appeared before Oliver Town Council Monday asking for a temporary use permit to expand the flea market in his building at the corner of Station Street and Co-op Avenue. This would mean an expansion at the back – east side of the building with more parking provided. The permit before council was for […]

Who is affected? British Columbia is transitioning responsibility for end-of-life management of packaging and printed paper (PPP) from governments and their taxpayers to industry and their consumers. As part of this approach, producers (companies and organizations that supply PPP to residential consumers) were required, under the BC Recycling Regulation, to have or be part of […]