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For Immediate Release April 29, 2021 Town of Oliver Water System Customers Only Stage 1 Effective Immediately Town of Oliver Water System Customers are currently in Stage 1 water restrictions that affects outdoor watering only. Properties that have water flowing through a water meter are using domestic groundwater for irrigating and must restrict their irrigating to three days a week using even and odd house numbering as a guideline. Odd Numbered Houses – Monday, Wednesday and Saturday Even Numbered Houses – Tuesday, Friday and Sunday Residents are encouraged to adjust their residential underground irrigation systems to water lawns, trees and

For Immediate Release April 21, 2021 16th Annual Spirit of Oliver Awards – 2020 Nominees For the past 16 years Oliver has recognized individuals and groups with awards to applaud the outstanding volunteer contributions that they make to our community. The difficult decision was made to again postpone the annual award event to follow the Province wide restrictions in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as such the winners of the 2020 Spirit of Oliver awards will be announced at a later date. The Spirit of Oliver Award Ceremony is normally held during Volunteer Week (April 18-24, 2021) in collaboration

      SOUTH OKANAGAN AQUATIC CENTRE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER   For Immediate Release March 19, 2021   Request for Applications – Aquatic Centre Advisory Committee Member The Town of Oliver is seeking one member of the public to serve on the South Okanagan Aquatic Centre Advisory Committee. Interested persons must live within the Town of Oliver limits and will be working with representatives of the Town of Oliver, Town of Osoyoos and the Osoyoos Indian Band. The Committee will act in an advisory and leadership role to facilitate the process of completing a South Okanagan Aquatic Centre feasibility study.

    SOUTH OKANAGAN REGIONAL AQUATIC CENTRE For Immediate Release February 9, 2021   Osoyoos Indian Band, Towns of Oliver and Osoyoos Issue Request for Proposal The Towns of Osoyoos and Oliver and Osoyoos Indian Band are officially issuing a Request for Proposal to assess the feasibility of building and operating a Regional Aquatic Centre.  These communities have long expressed desire for a year-round indoor aquatic facility to enhance quality of life, provide leisure and fitness activities, attract amenity migrants to the region, promote economic development and serve the visitor population including a growing winter season “snowbird” population. “The Osoyoos

The Seventh Day Adventist Church is opening its doors in Oliver and Osoyoos as an extreme cold weather shelter to bring people experiencing homelessness in from the frigid cold temperatures that have hit the south Okanagan.

16th Annual Spirit of Oliver Awards For Immediate Release February 2, 2021 Nominations are now Open! We are pleased to announce that nominations for the 16th Annual Spirit of Oliver Awards are now open, and will be open until 4:30pm on March 23rd, 2021. During these trying times it’s more important than ever to come together as a community and recognize individuals that are dedicated to making a difference in Oliver. There are five categories for nominations: Individual Youth – to recognize an individual youth member who has demonstrated a commitment to our community and has made extraordinary volunteer contributions.