Osoyoos Indian Band, the Mountain Resorts Branch, Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC), Mt. Baldy Resort and wildfire management specialists at Davies Wildfire Management have started work on a landscape level fire management project. The project is a fuel break entailing a 350 to 400-metre-wide horseshoe shaped band surrounding Baldy Mountain Resort, the community, and […]
Right in your back yard
Cathedral Lakes Photos by Edwin Dukes
MP gets meeting arranged in Ottawa
Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP): Mr. Speaker, two years ago, a huge rock fall destroyed the South Okanagan irrigation canal, which is essential to the orchards and vineyards that are the backbone of the local economy. The B.C. government has stepped up with a pledge of $5 million to help fix this, but […]
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by Marjo Koskinen
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Council briefs
Petition presentation above Michael Guthrie and partner Shirley Zelinski spoke to council and presented petitions from a recent Crime Forum calling for the installation of CCTV cameras at various spots in Oliver to limit the amount of criminal activity in the area…. Mayor Hovanes thanked the Oliver couple for making the public more aware of […]