Oliver News

This South Okanagan fire department thought outside the box when it needed a new truck
After being unable to replace one of their fire trucks with a cost-effective vehicle, members…

Interior Health to review deadly COVID-19 outbreak at Oliver care home
Interior Health is ordering a review for “lessons learned” from the outbreak at McKinney Place…

Deadly outbreak at South Okanagan long-term care home declared over
A COVID-19 outbreak at an Oliver long-term care home that has taken 17 lives has…

Medical incident behind helicopter activity at Okanagan prison
B.C. Corrections isn’t saying much about an incident at the Okanagan Correctional Centre in Oliver that…

COVID-19 outbreak declared at second Oliver long-term care home
A second Oliver long-term care home has a COVID-19 outbreak. Interior Health declared an outbreak…

South Okanagan nature photographer snaps rare photo of northern pygmy owl
Oliver nature photographer Curtis Zutz found himself in the right place at the right time…

Another death reported at South Okanagan long-term care home
The death toll from a deadly COVID-19 outbreak in a South Okanagan long-term care home…

Accused gets jail time for crime spree from South Okanagan to Saskatchewan
A man whose crime spree stretched from Regina to Oliver is spending four more months…

Oliver reporter gets DUI at scene of crash involving drunk driver
An Oliver independent journalist and former town councillor was given a 90-day roadside prohibition Tuesday…

Okanagan Similkameen school district reports first COVID-19 case
A South Okanagan high school is reporting it’s first COVID-19 infection. Interior Health reports South…

Walk in the wild rewards Oliver nature photographer with amazing bear cub photo
Oliver resident Curtis Zutz took a road less travelled recently and ended up with a…

Barney Bentall talks returning to the Oliver stage in a pandemic world
With the downtime of self-isolation becoming the norm in 2020, Canadian singer-songwriter Barney Bentall’s ranch…

Cyclist suffers critical injuries in Oliver collision
Oliver RCMP are looking for witnesses following a collision which left a foreign worker in…

South Okanagan man dies after vehicle rolls
A 29-year-old Oliver man died after his vehicle rolled and he was ejected from it.…

South Okanagan theatre offers venue to video gamers
In another example of innovation, a South Okanagan movie theatre is hoping video gamers will…