The Town of Oliver is intensifying its push for long-term provincial support to help secure the future of its 105-year-old irrigation canal, warning that the critical piece of agricultural infrastructure and keen economic driver is now beyond what local taxpayers and water users can reasonably support.
Two channels of grant funding are receiving applications from the Town of Oliver, with the goal of completing an important utilities project through a joint funding arrangement.
Stage 3 water restrictions have been enacted in the Town of Oliver, though not without some differences in opinion and the revelation that another well may need significant investment in the near-future.
Grant funding for the Town of Oliver continues to make steady progress, as Council recently got its first updates on grant profiles in over six months.
A new AI system has been approved for internal use within the Town of Oliver, with the goal of keeping things more organized.
Bringing wells that have been disused in Oliver back into play to boost drinking water levels would be a complex process that may prove too inefficient to execute, the Town has found out.
A new approach to drought management is being taken by the Town of Oliver, with an eye on having more accurate, up-to-date indicators to better inform the Town of current water levels.
Oliver’s Music in the Park returns this week with eight summer concerts planned for the Oliver Community Park Stage.
The Oliver Airport’s operations manual has formally received its first updates in over a decade following recent Council approval.
The Town of Oliver is seeking public input towards its draft Filming Policy which aims to balance economic benefits with community concerns.
Funding for water projects in the Town of Oliver, and in particular an aging irrigation facility, is set to rely less on loans and more on grant revenue after Council voted to move in a different direction on project financing.
Hockey fans will be spoilt for choice this coming season as Oliver will be getting an expansion hockey franchise in a league whose inaugural season launches this Fall, bringing even more young hockey talent to the South Okanagan.
Youth in the Town of Oliver have gotten to have a stronger voice that they felt didn’t exist previously, as Oliver’s Youth Councillor program wraps up its first term with grades in hand.
A new path forward will have to be charted for Oliver’s physician recruitment following a difficult decision to institute an interim pause for the group.
The 2026 Oliver Sunshine Festival is set to return June 12–21, offering 10 days of events and activities for all ages in the annual celebration of the best of life in the Oliver & District.
An initiative which recently saw a signature project be completed in the Town of Oliver is in the running for a community service award from the Union of British Columbia Municipalities for its service to local healthcare workers.
The Town of Oliver is starting off June by acknowledging the more sage members of the community, and their efforts to build a strong community culture.
Oliver seeks grant money for irrigation assessment
Multiple capital projects for the Town of Oliver have been added to the 2026 Capital Budget after being funded in full through external resources.
Pride festivities in the Town of Oliver will go ahead after the organization in charge of putting the event together was given a financial boost by Council.
Funding of a key rehabilitation project for irrigation pumping in Oliver got attention from Council, and resulted in a larger discussion about how to budget for similar projects moving forward.
The Town of Oliver has announced Stage 1 Water Restrictions effective May 20.
Oliver’s domestic and irrigation water systems will be split, yet still one within the budget, as council held a lengthy and at times somewhat fractious discussion on changing financial reporting around the two water systems with the hope it will lead to new sources of grant funding.