Oliver’s Transwest Helicopters has announced that it will be working on 2 Bell 412 helicopters at its brand new facility at the airport. These machines will be coming overland from Lafayette, Louisiana sometime this week (subject to border clearance) to be completely overhauled . Transwest CEO Ernst-Ulrich Maas says his busy facility employs 17 people, a […]
Archives for November 2012
Transwest gets large work order from stateside
Local wine wins award
The event: 5th annual BC Iconic Reds tasting with John Schreiner in Richmond The wine and vintage: Hester Creek’s “The Judge” – First place Date: November 20th A total of 20 bold, BC reds, were brought to the table, double decanted and served blind to a crowd of over 100 eager wine lovers. These wines […]
Kid free shopping for Christmas
PARENTS…. Want a chance to go Christmas Shopping? Or maybe a date night with your spouse? Well this is your chance! Oliver Parks and Recreation is offering two evenings (prior to Christmas) for parents to drop off their children from 6-9pm (Friday, Dec 14 & Friday, Dec 21st) from 6-9pm, $6.00 per child/per session. Friday, […]
Saturday
Keeps you coming back
Lunch brings us to the same table
Town council invited to dine with those who take advantage of the services of the SOICS (South Okanagan Immigrant Community Services) on Main Street in Oliver. Posing for the camera: Linda Larson (Bandai clothing), Geody Amaya (in traditional East Indian dress), Sheehnaz Parmar, Kiyomi Ogi, Amandeep Sidhu, Sandra Martinez and Samier Mohamed with hijab Countries […]
MORE IMPROVEMENTS FOR HIGHWAY 97
Pictured MLA John Slater, Mayor Ron Hovanes and Regional Director Allan Patton. Box culvert project to start December 1st to construct new underground water passage for a wider strip of highway. Road work to expand the highway with passing lanes will commence after March 15th, 2013. MOTI officials said all land purchases necessary have been completed. […]