South Okanagan

RDOS Board Highlights

Photo: Contributed The following are highlights of the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen held Thursday, November 3, 2011. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 2357 Allendale Road—Electoral Area ‘D’ - ALC referral to facilitate a subdivision that would...

Speeder caught with illicit drugs

Sometimes, it just doesn't pay to get up in the morning. RCMP seized more than $40,000 worth of cocaine from a vehicle after a Burnaby man was caught speeding on Highway 3 in Keremeos. Photo: Contributed - RCMP Police seized a kilo of cocaine from a vehicle...

Bighorns butting heads

Photo: Trevor Rockliffe - File Photo Here's looking at you - Bighorn Sheep The bighorn sheep are more visible these days in the sagebrush areas near Okanagan Falls "They are all starting to...

Street change slower than expected

The Town of Oliver's Street Addressing change is going a little slower than first hoped. Photo: Trevor Rockliffe - Castanet Name plates for streets receiving new names were scheduled to all be up and in place by the end of October. However, Town Manager, Tom...

Not a happy Halloween

Penticton RCMP responded to 40 calls for service including mischief, assaults and three robberies. The first robbery occurred at 9 p.m. in Okanagan falls: two males and a female entered a residence, assaulted the 49-year-old male resident and took $2500 cash. All parties are known to...

No Vaseux Lake upgrade in sight

While there is no doubt that highways in the Okanagan are improving. With improvements being performed up and down the valley, travelling is getting safer. Unfortunately, not every problem area can be upgraded. In light of the truck mishap near Vaseux Lake on Highway 97 earlier in the...

Hwy 3A road work finally complete

Highway 3A was often a frustrating route for motorists over the past year while the road widening was in progress. The Yellow Lake Project was declared complete on Friday. Dustin Dobbin, Superintendent with Wiltech Developments says those longer than scheduled stoppages were necessary to...

Oliver paints the town

Close to 100 people came out Saturday morning to watch the creation of OIiver's first new mural, and the beginning of the Oliver mural project. It started with a wall that we had put a mural on many years ago," says Sally Franks, President of the Oliver Sagebrushers, a local art...

Update: Vaseux Lake truck crash

With files from Oliver Daily News Photo: Contributed - Oliver Daily News Bales waiting for pick up The Ministry of the Environment is on the scene at Vaseux Lake. They are making sure the lake does not get contaminated by Thursday's truck...

Update: Stand off in OK Falls is over

Update 9:45 p.m.: Monday mid-day incident with distraught male in Okanagan Falls ends peacefully. The Penticton RCMP assisted by a team of critical incident negotiators de-escalated the situation, with a  46-year-old Okanagan man taken into custody and transported to hospital for...

Zapped

  Photo: Contributed - Chris Harkness The light switch that zapped Judy Guckuk Judy Guckuk got a burst of energy this Monday morning. She and her husband Hank were repainting their kitchen, at their home on Victoria Street in Peachland around 10...

B.C. digs deep to pay mine $30 million

At a time when British Columbia's premier has staked her jobs agenda on a burgeoning mining industry, the province has agreed to hand over $30 million to one company in a settlement over what the company's president called "dirty dealings." Boss Power Corp. and lawyers for...

Osoyoos celebrates new development

There was cause for celebration for the Osoyoos Indian Band and the South Okanagan in general. Dignitaries were on-hand Friday to mark the official opening of the first phase of the Senkulmen Industrial Park. The business park's first tenant is a wine distribution centre being built...

Through a fence and down a hill

A man who drove his vehicle off the road and down an embankment may have been experiencing health issues at the time of the accident. The 61-year-old Keremeos resident was traveling east on Highway 3 when his Dodge Magnum when off the road, rolled down a hill through a fence and then it...

Burnt-out students in good sprits

  Photo: Contributed - Jack Bennest File photo of the blaze that destoryed SOSS Students at Southern Okanagan Secondary are making the best of their surroundings following the fire that took out most of the school last month. Rory Lodge, a senior, says...

Hikers asked for trail input

  Photo: Trevor Rockliffe - File photo Whether you're an expert hiker, with intimate knowledge of the miles of trails in the Okanagan-Similkamkeen, or just a casual user, the Regional District wants to hear from you. The RDOS, in cooperation with its member...

A late harvest for wine

If you are driving by an Okanagan winery in the next few days, you may notice long lines of vehicles parked next to vineyards. Photo: Jennifer Zielinski Large groups are working hard and fast to get the grapes off the vine because the fruit has ripened later than...

Two birds one stone

One grow op leads to another.   Photo: Contributed Area where police found the grow ops After police took down a marijuana grow op at a home in Keremeos, further investigation led them to another grow op at a different home, close by. Cst. James...

Car collides with bus

A vehicle collided with a bus just north of Oliver on Highway 97, Saturday October 15. Witnesses say a green 1997 Toyota Tercel attempted to turn left onto Island road and was struck by a yellow 2007 International Bus. Cpl. Mike Field says the driver of the Toyota admitted he did not...

Water quality advisory

A water quality advisory has been issued by the District of Summerland for those on the Garnet Valley Water System.    Photo: Contributed Due to equipment failure, residents may experience abnormally high chlorine taste and odour over the next few...