Regional District budget is up 7 percent and must be approved by March 31st. It now goes to the municipal governments and the public for a review prior to 2nd reading.
below RDOS services to be paid for by citizens of Town of Oliver
below RDOS services to be paid for by citizens of rural area C Oliver
Changes can be made prior to passage.
Source: RDOS finance department
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Oliver RCMP are investigating the theft, circumstances have been distributed to other RCMP Detachments for assistance.
No witnesses have come forward at this time
No viable suspects have been identified
Some of the stolen tools belonging to a carpenter were marked with his name.
Blaine Gervais, Sgt.
Oliver Detachment RCMP
“I am a finishing Carpenter who moved to the area 14 months ago, I have been working at a construction site called Riverside place here in Oliver. As you could imagine I require a lot of tools to do my job sometime last night somebody broke in to the locked compound of the job site cut the lock off of my tool trailer and removed all the contents. They cut off the lock and smashed the mechanism that keeps the door secured I’m estimating over $5,000 worth of tools were taken from me personally. I require and desperately need these tools to provide for myself and my family as the current project I am working on is nearing completion. Most of these tools are within one year old as I had to replace them from another theft just over a year ago. So if anybody out there sees newer carpentry tools for sale with my name Roy Robinson and my phone number 250 408 9995 please give me a call or call the RCMP in Oliver. Also I was not the only victim three (3) other people I work with at the same job site lost their tools as well.”
Royden Robinson, from Kelowna
As reported to Oliver Loop
One portion of the DRAO array of radio telescopes
Should fire protection to DRAO at White Lake be supplied from Kaleden or Willowbrook? The recommendation is that Kaleden is equipped for fire and EMS support and Willowbrook is not. It would appear that there is little to stop this decision as all concerned think it is a good idea. It will certainly cut down on the work of the small Willowbrook FD and affect its budget in a positive way.
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Last year a large building being used for a horse riding arena was constructed at 300 Jones Way Rd.
RDOS concerned it had not applied for a building permit, a variance permit or had inspections during the building of the arena.
The Regional District is requesting directors obtain an injunction to require the owner to comply.
In 2018 – Summerland and Oliver chose to go with a new cart system for garbage, residential yard waste and all RECYLING material in bins.
All rural areas of the RDOS, the Town of Osoyoos and Village of Keremeos said NO to that idea. Within a few months the recycling program of BC decided to ban the use of blue and clear bags in the entire province.
Now the RDOS is asking the public in affected areas for help on choosing an option that will work for them.
