13 year old Brittany, currently at St. Paul’s Hospital, is set to be released into her’s mother’s care within 10-14 days after receiving a mechanical heart (VAD). This procedure that could not be done at Children’s Hospital was completed in the last week. Brittany is now awake after being in an induced coma. She is starting […]

Photographs by Linda Anderson. Bears were spotted earlier this week up McKinney Rd to the east of the Bingo Hall.

Just shot this picture last evening (Monday), albeit from a distance and amid some lingering smoke. I find it somewhat prophetic that of the few things which remain of our “old SOSS”, it is perhaps the most important one which embodies the spirit and emotions of all those with fond memories of so many images […]

Question posed: What are your feelings on hearing the news about Oliver’s school fire? “I’m extremely upset, I was just in Oliver and I couldn’t go see it – just too depressing. I and the Heritage Society Board, working with the School District did a lot of work to make sure SOSS maintained its heritage […]

I want to compliment the Oliver Fire department on their efforts to save SOSS. Based on my conversation with Chief Skaros early yesterday the fire crews arrived at a structure fire which had already progressed into the defensive phase. This means that an interior attack is not possible without risking serious injury or death; the […]