When Daniel Gervais, Canada’s Grand Master Fiddle Champion, comes to Oliver Friday, November 30th, he brings with him some extra treats. One of them is his beautiful wife, Aline Dupuis, a talented dancer and choreographer. She will do some dance numbers at the concert featuring French-Canadian gigue with a hint of Irish influence. Performance starts […]
Archives for November 2012
Still waters…by Jeremy Cook
Next up on the SO Concert Series
Packed house
1. the place 2. the food 3. lining up for the wine 4. the prize 2nd annual OTA – Rose Revolution – tasting and tweet up at Miradoro – enjoyed by all
Chains?
32 kms up the hill by Sam Smith
Flood caused by a garbage bag
2 units of the Kiwanis Manor had to be evacuated recently when the sewer backed up in the building. Kiwanis spokesman Larry Larson says both residents had to be housed in a local motel. One will be returning to a vacant suite in the same building and the Society is working on the other resident’s […]
Oliver’s Core Services Review – “Not all decisions were easy”
The Town of Oliver has released to the media a full report from consultant Dugal Smith who concluded: Oliver is a well run community with low staffing and low expenses in comparison to some other municipalities of a similar size. Council has decided to move forward with 22 of 47 recommendations. 18 other recommendations will […]
Largest grant ever to Heritage Society
Today, Dan Albas, Member of Parliament for Okanagan – Coquihalla, on behalf of the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, announced $44,886 in federal funding for the Oliver Museum under the Harper Government’s Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund (CIIF). Pictured left to right: Albas, Tracy Johnson, Michael Newman, Allan Patton and Ron […]