Covid-19 protocols prepared for picker influx By ROY WOOD As seasonal farm workers begin to arrive in the South Okanagan from other provinces, government and agriculture organizations are working to fight the potential threat of community spread of Covid-19. BC Fruit Growers Association (BCFGA) manager Glen Lucas told ODN Wednesday that seasonal safety […]

What a jolt to societies well being, living with this pandemic.  We collectively were unprepared. The weakness has showed up in every sector and I think we need to take a look at a few.  Not to be critical and nag but to shine a light on a few issues and solicit ideas for improving […]

Patients of Dr. Madia Smallwood Dr. Elzaan de Witt Dr. Ansunette de Vries Dr. Negar Hafizi will be moving to Bridgeside Medical Clinic 291 Fairview Road, Oliver at end of May No reason given for the move. Emails to Managing partner Dr. Smallwood have not been responded to – but story confirmed by photograph (above) […]

Time: 10:15am Wednesday

  By ROY WOOD Oliver council will wait at least two weeks to decide whether to move the property tax deadline back to the fall as part of its Covid-19 relief package. The reason for the delay is that the town collects taxes for several other entities and it’s not clear when those funds will […]

By ROY WOOD   Oliver council put the finishing touches on some if its Covid-19 relief proposals this afternoon, but not without a 45-minute procedural wrangle over one councillor’s objection to a key aspect. Councillors – meeting remotely from their homes or work via computer link-up – unanimously passed revisions to the town’s financial plan […]