Monster Homes?
B.C. eases controversial
farm-tax rules
By Scott Simpson, Vancouver Sun
November 28, 2009
The British Columbia government is eliminating some controversial property-tax regulations on farmland in order to encourage development of more small-scale farms, Community and Rural Development Minister Bill Bennett announced Friday.
So-called split assessments, which taxed farmland at a lower agricultural rate but apply higher residential tax [...]
Stucco for MAXX Hotel
Calgary developers start stucco work at old Las Gallerias site. The location is in east Oliver-just behind Park Place and near Park Avenue Estates. The building has sat alone with no humans working on it for almost a year but it appears that stucco is the next job to be completed to give the building [...]
Passing Lanes South of Oliver
OSOYOOS TIMES-November 25, 2009 By Paul Everest
The federal and provincial governments have pledged $8 million towards the construction of passing lanes on Hwy. 97 just north of Osoyoos.
Boundary-Similkameen MLA John Slater said on Nov. 20 that northbound and southbound passing lanes will be built two kilometres north of town on a stretch of the [...]
Six local Torch Bearers named
IMPORTANT: Six local torch bearers are named here on oliverbc.ca – student Marissa Nelson; OIB rep Richard Baptiste; Royal Bank Oliver employee Gurjit Aujla (pictured at right above); student Prescott Wick; SD #53 Superintendent Juleen McElgunn; and Fairview golfer Deb Olafson. Stay tuned for more information or look throughout this site for Torch Relay info.
OIB members vote for Resort Development
Development News – Members of the Osoyoos Indian Band at Oliver BC have voted in favour of a large commercial hotel and resort development at Tuc-elnuit Lake. I understand that over 51% of Band Members voted and 73% of those who voted approved moving forward with the development.
An announcement is planned for next week.
Back ground information: [...]
Gleaners wants more links!
Okanagan Gleaners The Gleaners approached me to ask if it was okay to link to my site so that visitors could easily find access to accomodation in the area I said YES. You can find their wonderful site on the link above.
Another award for Town of Oliver
In 2007 Premier Gordon Campbell awarded the Town of Oliver a “Green City” designation. Two years later another major award has been granted to the municipality for best practices on water use. Click the link for more details
Banners Fly – Olympic Fever
Banners are up on Oliver BC Streets. Five torch bearers from the community will carry the Olympic 2010 Torch through the Town of Oliver in January. More details to follow. A local committee is working on details of just how the community will react when the runners go through. Local torch bearers are: Marisa Nelson; Richard Baptiste; Prescott Wick; Juleen [...]
Zandee Dumped
Tory MP candidate Stephen Hill ousts incumbent Oliver’s Rob Zandee
Kyra Hoggan on Wed, 2009-11-11
Castlegar Source
BC Southern Interior riding Area Conservatives have given Rossland’s Stephen Hill
the nod to take a run at re-capturing the riding in the next federal election, in a 161-to-132 upset over incumbent Tory nominee Rob Zandee of Oliver BC. (seen here on [...]
Big Band Sound
Penticton Concert Band presents
A Starry Night
a fundraiser for the Oliver Community Arts Council
Tuesday November 24, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Frank Venables Auditorium. SOSS Highschool, Oliver, BC
$10 Adults $5 Students (17 and under)
Tickets at Handworks Gallery and Sundance Video, Oliver
“Banding Together for the Arts”
On the crisp clear nights of winter, we look up to see cold twinkling stars, [...]
Regional Dough for O Zone
Penticton Western News
By Kristi Patton
Published: November 10, 2009
A $50,000 commitment to participate in a festival during the Olympics in Richmond has left some sitting at the Regional District Okanagan Similkameen directors table scratching their heads.
Armed with what some directors perceived as only a little knowledge of what the O Zone festival in Richmond is or [...]
Freedom is..
Cenataph Cermony : Wednesday November 11 – 11am : Oliver BC
Freedom is never free. Author Unknown
Banners on “oliverbc.ca”
Hello webmaster…
Maybe put a relevant picture of the town of Oliver as your main page’s banner… last I recall, Oliver doesn’t have Blockbuster or a Starbucks. I’m pretty sure the picture of that plaza isn’t in Oliver.
cheers;
Justin Minshull
jminshull@live.ca
Hello Justin: It’s a picture of the proposed southwinds mall. Nice hearing from you. Thanks for keeping informed.
Jack [...]
Help for Main Street
MP Colin Mayes, Tracy Veintimilla, Oliver Mayor Pat Hampson at Tuesday’s announcement ceremony in Triangle Park.
The Federal Government has come through for downtown merchants in creating more work for locals – who can get hired to paint the town red..or whatever colours and patterns are decided upon by Store owners and merchants.
The announcement was made today [...]
Back to a hobby horse
Tasting the virtual wineries
By Jurgen Gothe
in the Georgia Straight
A lot of wine comes out of Oliver, but the major players take many forms.
These labels don’t have their own real estate, but people snap them up anyway
The post office building in Oliver, B.C.—“Canada’s wine capital”, according to the welcome sign on the outskirts of town—has to [...]
Annie’s to Reopen
Cantelope Annie’s which was shut down recently due to a broken water line is set to re-open after the first week of December. Repairs have taken a lot of time due to the number of floor overlays in the old building. Jane McFadden wanted to insure she had the old wood look on the floors [...]
Torch Relay to Pass thru Oliver
Torch Relay Host Community Osoyoos
Event: Stage Show
Date: Sunday, 24 January 2010
Time: 16:00 – 18:00
Location: Gyro Beach (Lakefront)Street: Hwy #3 Mainstreet
Town/City: Osoyoos, BC
Oliver – Royal Bank Wave Crew as Torch goes through
Oliver at 9am? Banners will be flying
Torch Relay Host Community Penticton
Event: Stage Show
Monday, 25 January 2010
Time: 11:00 – 13:00
Location: South Okanagan Event Centre Parking Lot
Street: [...]
Lucky Barisoff
Barry Barisoff, younger brother to Speaker Bill, has won the $10 Thousand Big prize at the annual Oliver Fire Department’s Benefit Event held last Saturday night at the Oliver Community Hall. Last year’s winner was Bonnie and Al White.
In an unrelated situation – here is a picture of three ladies enjoying the evening party
Nancy Boutin, [...]
Yikes – Fish and Chips!!
New in Oliver – a Fish and Chip shop on Main Street
Soft opening at 11am on Sunday – Nancy and I were the first customers. Delicious. You should try it soon.
Its Opening Week at Beyond Bliss
This is just getting started week at Beyond Bliss in Oliver. More celebrations planned soon for a Grand Opening. Ladies – drop in and see Mo Johnson-Doerr at Beyond Bliss and meet her staff.
Got your shots??
Crowds greet region’s first H1N1 clinic
The first South Okanagan H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccine clinic proceeded Monday morning November 2nd/09 in Oliver with the calm organization and dutiful citizenry patience of an election polling station, only with a little more crying.
Indeed, a good number of the more than 140 people who filed through the Oliver [...]