Time: Shortly after 8am On scene, 1 ambulance, 2 police units and  3 fire engines. Police called as the house was empty with signs of mischief reported by neighbours. Fire in the basement part of the home. Unknown cause. No known injuries.

Skateboarders, scooter and bike riders and other Oliver community members are getting their first look at design plans for Oliver Parks and Recreation’s Small Wheels Playground, made possible by $100,000 from BCAA Play Here with additional financial support from the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and the Kiwanis Club of Oliver. Previously, a design of a […]

“Air pollution is the smell of money” “If I’m lying, it’s only because I’m telling the truth” As a minister both of a church and of the crown, he saw his duty to keep the highways “in such shape that motorists will avoid the language which would deny them access to the highway to heaven” […]

The map above is Cawston, a small village south of Keremeos. RDOS Director George Bush, Area B talked with MOTI officials today at a Directors meeting and he was not happy. Bush says the condition of rural roads in his area are dismal. Sad. Bad.  Weeds, and weed trees, potholes and more. And when questioned […]

Today, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, announced that the Government of Canada will not, at this time, be reclassifying the Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussel (RMRM) as endangered under the Species At Risk Act (SARA). A recommendation on whether to reclassify the species will be made at […]