Town will hear province’s pot pitch Council agreed Monday to hear a proposal from the province to open a cannabis retail outlet in the town. The town recently got a letter from the Liquor Distribution Branch – as did every other town with a liquor store – presenting an overview of what a government cannabis […]

Weapons Call Leads to Discovery of Explosives On November 24, 2018, at 1710 hours, Osoyoos RCMP and Penticton RCMP Dog Services responded to a report of a male who pointed a firearm and threatened a victim at a residence in the 14000 block of 97 Ave.  During the investigation police conducted a search of the residence […]

By ROY WOOD Councillor Dave Mattes didn’t get the oversight of shared-service budgets he was hoping for, but he got the rest of council to agree that it should at least see the budgets before they go to the RDOS. In a notice of motion submitted in September, Mattes sought a council policy to ensure […]

  By ROY WOOD In an ongoing and so-far fruitless effort to ensure the long-term viability of the South Okanagan General Hospital’s (SOGH) emergency room, three physicians on Monday sought support from Oliver town council. Drs. Madia Smallwood, Peter Entwistle and Jacob Bellingan painted a bleak picture of the current state of affairs where a […]

Heard on the news Canada Postal Service is now NOT on strike Will service improve? Are the employees happy? Am I ? Ok guys let us make a deal and brag that CPO provides best service and has employees to prove it

Following are some highlights of items discussed at the November 21 School District No. 53 Board of Education meeting. Over the past month our students have gone on some very interesting field trips. On November 21-22 : 39 OSE and OSS students travelled to Vancouver to participate in this year’s We Day event. The group […]