About
R.E. Postill & Sons Ltd.

R.E. Postill & Sons Ltd. was established in 1944 and has been serving Vernon and Area for over 80 years. Started by Russell Eugene, R.E. Postill & Sons Ltd. has been ever evolving with the growing community. Continually providing quality products and efficient service, R.E. Postill & Sons Ltd. has progressed through four generations of owners. Today the company is owned and run by Jamie Johannson and Linsey Johannson, the great-grandaughter of the founder.

Originally many of the jobs were out of town with one of the first jobs being the excavation of the Douglas Lake Drainage. Presently R.E. Postill & Sons Ltd. manufactures and delivers gravel. We operate two gravel pits, The Brewer Land Improvement Project and our Lavington Pit, offering a variety of commercial and landscape products.

R.E. Postill & Sons Ltd. is fortunate to have a great crew of longstanding employees, many of whom have worked for three generations of Postills. This loyalty greatly contributes to the success of the company today.

Awards & Recognition

We are always striving to achieve above and beyond what’s expected of us. Here are some of the areas in which we have been recognized.

2024 BC MINES AWARD FOR SAND & GRAVEL

R.E. Postill and Sons won the Sand and Gravel Category Award for its Rosebush Land Improvement Project at independently-owned Coldstream Ranch near Vernon in the North Okanagan. Not only has reclamation improved the site’s agricultural capability, a reduced slope created 9.5 hectares of new farmland for cultivation.

MEDIUM BUSINESS OF THE YEAR 2023

R.E. Postill & Sons is a fourth-generation family owned and operated business currently specializing in commercial gravel production and trucking. Their company is 79 years old and has maintained some customers for over 60 years which speaks volumes of their service. They are community-minded and employee centric while also innovating through times of adversity.

TRACKS & TREADS MAGAZINE WINTER 2012

FEATURE ARTICLE

Fourth Generation Family Owned & Operated Business R.E. Postill & Sons Ltd. was featured in the Winter 2012 Tracks and Treads Magazine, Highlighting our Fourth Generations’ family owned and run business.

BC MINE RECLAMATION AWARD SEPTEMBER 2012

RECOGNITION, Outstanding Reclamation Achievement in 2011

R.E. Postill & Sons Ltd. and The Coldstream Ranch Ltd. were awarded “The BC Mine Reclamation Award for Outstanding Reclamation Achievement in 2011”. This award was given in the category of Sand and Gravel Operation at the 36th Annual British Columbia Mine Reclamation Awards Presentation in Kamloops, BC on September 19, 2012.

In the Community

Every year we are honored to donate in-kind services and monetary donations to local charity groups. We have provided an annual scholarship to Okanagan College for over 25 years to support students in need who show a strong work ethic but not necessarily top grades. Some of our more significant donations have been Okanagan College Trades and Training Center, The Okanagan Rail Trail, and a Benefactor donation to the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Tower of Care. We also support many youth sports teams, organizations and initiatives. We strongly believe that it is important to have a business that people in the community want to support and a business where employees want to work. R.E. Postill & Sons Ltd. is committed to supporting our local community, which in turn supports us.

$25,000 Donation to the Okangan College Trades Centre in Vernon

R.E. Postill & Sons Ltd. and Postill Nixon Earthworks together are donating $25,000 to the new trades centre currently under construction at the college’s Vernon campus.

“It’s really important to support the community that has been supporting us for 75 years,” said Linsey.

Braden adds the Vernon Trades Training Centre is something the owners knew they wanted to support.

Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation Charity Classic Golf Tournament- Gold Sponsor

The Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation Charity Classic Golf Tournament teed up a record $425,000 for patient care.

“We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day or a more fantastic group of people to help us celebrate this milestone,” said Kate McBrearty, foundation executive director.

R.E. Postill Donates $25,000 to Vernon Jubilee Hospital Tower of Care

Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation hosted a celebration at VJH to announce the completion of the Building a Tower of Care Campaign, Phase II.“Due to the generosity of the North Okanagan community and beyond, Tower of Care, Phase II has been a great success, surpassing its goal of $2.5 million in less than two years,” said Elise Allan, VJH Foundation President.

Annual $2500 'Stand Up for...' Charity Event

Each Summer we paddle the length of Kalamalka Lake raising money for a different charity each year:

2024- Sunflower Childcare Center
2023- NOYFSS
2022- Starfish Pack
2021-Archway Society
2020- The People Place
2018- Kid Sport Kelowna
2017-The Rail Trail

25 years of Okanagan College $750 Annual Scholarship

Annual Donation to The Vernon Hospital Foundation Radio-a-thon

Each year we come together with other members of the community to help raise funds to support sick kids in our community. We commit to a $2500 annual donation to the wonderful event.

About
R.E. Postill & Sons Ltd.