Osoyoos council met with the public last night to introduce the 2019 overall Town budget Finance Manager Jim Zakall talked to an overall total balanced budget of  $28+ million with an average homeowner increase of taxes and utilities of $62 in 2019. Council heard from 4 civic groups asking for support: Osoyoos Elks requesting $20 thousand […]

Oliver Fire Department crews dispatched at about 9:25pm Wednesday To the Community Hall parking lot – Osoyoos Indian Band Sage Road at Sandpoint Drive Vehicle on fire, no sign of a driver, no sign of any accident, no event at the hall. 2 fire trucks, two police cars and one ambulance attended.

January 19 Families + Curling = Fun! The Oliver Curling Club just hosted a Family Fun Day on January 19th. Over 50 people turned out at the Eastlink Curling Centre, including kids as young as 4 and their parents, grandparents and friends. We even had visitors from Omak and Seattle! The day began with a […]

Jan 12, 2019 my son was involved in a single vehicle accident in Kamloops on his way home from work at New Gold Mine – recently hired at. My son grew up in Hedley and graduated in Keremeos. He had lived in Oliver with his fiancé Denise Lalonde and worked on the Stelkia Ranch. Denise […]

Town of Oliver’s list of General Fund – Capital Projects approved: Earle Crescent Resurfacing – Okanagan Street to Veterans Avenue to Kootenay Street $600 thousand Veterans Avene & Church Avenues – resurfacing $148 thousand Airport Street – Lane rehab – Skagit Avenue to Road 1 – $138K Tuc-El-Nuit Elementary – Parking & Sidewalk – $66K […]

Banner pix captured by Carolyn Madge at Turtle Bay

For the past nine years, Christine MacKinnon has been welcoming customers to Murphy’s Pub and Grill with a quick smile — but last Saturday, she poured her last pint. MacKinnon has closed down her business in order to seek treatment in her home country of China for the chronic pain she’s been experiencing since she was rear-ended in a traffic […]