Over the next few weeks, Oliver residents will be invited to sign a petition to save Tuc-el-Nuit Elementary (TENS). This action will help prevent the 2012/13 consolidation of 500 elementary children into one school—Oliver Elementary School (OES)—making it the largest school in the district, with possibly 100 students over the facilities designed capacity. The petition […]
Archives for April 2011
“Save our Schools” campaign moves to the streets
Over the next few weeks, Oliver residents will be invited to sign a petition to save Tuc-el-Nuit Elementary (TENS). This action will help prevent the 2012/13 consolidation of 500 elementary children into one school—Oliver Elementary School (OES)—making it the largest school in the district, with possibly 100 students over the facilities designed capacity. The petition […]
Tuc-el-Nuit reprieve?
Funding formulas, declining enrollment, anger at the possible closure of Tuc-el-Nuit Elementary – all part of the drama of a public meeting in Oliver Tuesday in which only one conclusion can be drawn. The fight is not over yet. About 100 people attended a forum at Park Drive Church sponsored by the Save Oliver Schools […]
Missing man
45-Year-old Osoyoos man missing – last seen in Vernon Area. On April 6, 2011, at approximately 11 a.m., Richard MCKIVER, left his Osoyoos residence, advising his wife that he was traveling to Vernon for the day to meet with a financial consultant. MCKIVER was expected to return later that evening but did not return […]
Get books from library before Easter
ORL Branches closed and upgrading catalogue over Easter Holiday All branches of the Okanagan Regional Library will be closed from Good Friday, April 22 through Easter Monday, April 25. Normal operating hours will resume at all branches on Tuesday, April 26. During the closure, all book bins will be locked and items are not […]
Hospice Walk Sunday May 1
Mess to be cleaned up?
Hoping to open on April 23rd
Debbie O’s will house exercise machines for women. Company Name: “Lady O’s” Debbie Olafson says maybe a men’s night might be considered in the future. Opening date is unclear but the 23rd is the target.






