More victims to progress. When taking the pictures the smell of pine was everywhere. Opening the fence and taking out the trees will allow for a show home and selling centre for the condo units being proposed at the old “Cherry Grove” end of the Canyon Desert Resort area on 71st/Boundary Rd/Tuc-el-nuit Drive.
South Oliver traffic jam
Town of Oliver contractor had one long full day to complete a project on Highway 97 north of Deadman’s Lake. Mike Johnson Excavating Ltd. had to redo completely a road bed on either lane of the highway and then pave it all in one day with traffic flowing through it. Difficult but not impossible.
Almost time to wave the flag
S.O.S. Conservation Program
Upcoming Events & Workshops June 24-25 Grasslands Conservation Council AGM and summer tourClick here for further information.June 25 “Beyond Sustainability” TEDx at Okanagan CollegeTED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. TED conferences invite leading thinkers and doers to speak, then their talks are made available at TED.com. TEDxOkanaganCollege will focus on actions […]
Island rescue
A swift water rescue crew was called into action north of Oliver on the Okanagan River Tuesday after seven young people from Quebec became trapped on an island amid a rapid watercourse almost overflowing. The group had been attempting to float down the river on two plastic dinghies when one of the rafts was pushed into the trees and broke. […]
It's …that time of the year
It’s …that time of the year
Quarry raises ire of north Oliver residents
A roomfull of Oliver rural residents last night told Regional Director Allan Patton “something has be done” about a situation where non-permit work has been done at two sites near 380th Avenue north of town. Two business-people Mike Kozmenko and Mike Barisoff have applied for a permit from the Minister of Mines to allow a […]