By ROY WOOD Public hearings around bylaw amendments, particularly for zoning, may become rarer following a couple of decisions by Oliver council today. The first involved a proposed two-lot subdivision at the corner of Meadows Drive and Chardonnay Avenue. The applicant seeks to split a large lot into two smaller ones and rezone the property […]

New residence on ALR land approved Council today approved an application from an area orchardist to build a primary residence on his agricultural land and to turn an existing rental home into accommodation for farm labour. The 9.3-acre property is in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) in the southwest corner of town at Fairview Drive […]

Scooter operator dies in collision outside Oliver on Sunday says RCMP Traffic Services 2020-05-11 14:46 PDT File # SOTS 2020-2129 A man in his 70’s dies in a collision on Sunday, May 10, 2020, on Highway 97 outside Oliver, BC. On Sunday, May 10, 2020 at approximately 1:30 PM, Oliver RCMP and Emergency Services responded […]

Okanagan Forest Task Force teams up with off-road group to clean back country road Kane Blake of Okanagan Forest Task Force said 8,311 pounds of garbage and a whopping 29,100 pounds of metal was removed from our local forest on Saturdays cleanup. Since the task force started in September of 2016 the group has removed […]

35 pad trailer park within 20 feet of lakeshore will have severe consequences for Vaseux Lake environment The Vaseux Lake Stewardship Association (VLSA) and 98% of Vaseux Lake homeowners are appalled by the proposal at 3500 Highway 97. An application has been submitted requesting the exclusion from the Agricultural Land Reserve of land at 1.2 […]

Oliver – Officers response to domestic assault result in search warrant. On May 6th, 2020, officers in Oliver, BC, responded to a report of a domestic assault at a residence. During the investigation, officers applied for a warrant to search the residence. The search of the residence resulted in police seizing a loaded hand gun, […]