Monday saw the last council meeting for 4 elected officials – Mayor Pat Hampson and Councillors Terry Schafer, Michael Newman and Marji Basso. Pictures captured by camera of Terry Schafer All made speeches about their departures and those can be seen on Eastlink Channel 18 this week. Marji Basso became quite emotional speaking to the […]
Archives for November 2011
Going retail
SOSS Hoodies and T-shirts will now be displayed and on sale at various Oliver retail outlets. Stores that will carry the apparel will be. OK Tire, Medici’s, Athina’s, Pharmasave and Nu Beginings And we will be set up at Triangle Park on Friday December 2 at Light Up!! Thanks Cindy Gosling
BC Government revenues are falling
VICTORIA – British Columbia is feeling the effect of continued global economic uncertainty, and the Province will need to exercise continued fiscal discipline in order to balance the budget by 2013-14, Finance Minister Kevin Falcon said Monday with the release of the Second Quarterly Report. The Province’s projected deficit for 2011-12 has deteriorated by $313 million […]
Street damaged by hydrant crunch
Town works crew did a quick job of replacing a fire hydrant on 99th Street (Kootenay) at 364th. It would appear that a truck and trailer knocked it over in the middle of the night and all the water from a large pipe flowed down the hill to the highway bringing much dirt, gravel and […]
Stelkia shows his art work
1. Chief Jimmie – art by Fred Stelkia 2. Artist at Kiwanis Manor Saturday and Sunday Fred says he was born in Penticton but raised by the Stelkia family in Oliver before leaving the reserve to work elsewhere in Canada. At retirement he said he wanted to return to the area he calls home. He […]
A part of my history is going
When I first moved to Oliver in 1953 we lived on this street – 99th (Kootenay). This is Mrs. Popoff’s house where she lived for many years before her passing. It has two small cabins at the rear and the main house was quite small. The lot is now being developed into a much larger […]
Wassup?
Where is this sign and why is there?
