Oliver firemen rushed to a home south of town off Road 18 when a lot of brush caught fire. Firemen said a campfire jumped into other nearby fuel to make for a smoky sky that could be seen more than a mile away. No one hurt – no dwellings affected. The location west foot of […]
Archives for 2011
Gran Fondo – going north, going south
Grant request
Oliver Senior Centre will approach council at Town Hall Monday for a small grant to help fix up their parking lot. Photo below shows condition that is less than optimal.
Where is this?
When will this roadway be finished?
Students get Arts Council bursaries
Two Oliver Community Arts Council bursaries valued at $500 a piece were awarded recently to SOSS graduating students pursuing post-secondary education in the arts. Adam Silbernagel (pictured at left) and Marli Mounsey were the winners. Silbernagel’s photo was taken as part of the RipOff Artists’ Challenge 2009, at which the teen reproduced Gustav Klimt’s Emilie Floge as […]
Ripoff Artists wrap for a fifth year
We will be featuring the 2011 work of these artists this week on Oliver Daily News. This year the group took on the role of one artist to modify the work of Grant Wood’s American Gothic painting. Picture of Wood’s painting from Wikipedia. See the results starting tomorrow as we introduce all the artists and their […]
Shots
Who hit me? Below – lots of cleanup inside the Oliver Place Mall – new Shoppers Drug Market to be created inside.