Despite a rainy June we managed to get 250 people out to our Gallagher Lake Village Park Grand Opening! Our Umbrella organization Maximum Modular Corp. contributed $10 per person who attended the Grand Opening toward Habitat for Humanity – South Okanagan for an upcoming build in Penticton. A special thanks goes out to the following […]
Archives for 2012
Dump – here
A busy place these days is the landfill. It is free to take your branches from the storm and lots of people taking advantage of that fact. Photo and story by Dave Whalley
Louie pleads not guilty – elects trial by judge alone – speaks out in court
Brian Douglas Louie, 33, of Oliver charged with five criminal code charges including aggravated assault in connection with a domestic violence case on the Indian Reserve at Oliver more than 63 days ago appeared in court today to state his piece. Louie plead not guilty to all five charges and his lawyer Jim Pennington says […]
New – peaches on the tree – new Main Street store for ice cream
Wave of destruction – rain and wind damage – story from Castanet and CBC
by Deborah Pfeiffer Castanet Harman Bahniwal was packing up cherries in his family’s orchard last Friday when a storm unlike anything he had seen before rolled in. He and his fruit pickers quickly found shelter under a shed roof, but the fruit trees on the Oliver property did not fare as well. Bahniwal […]
Reception Monday August 6th at 6 p.m.
Heat pump to go in – asbestos to be removed – 87 year old building
Renovation of the Oliver Museum began this morning with the arrival of the asbestos removal team. The Oliver and District Heritage Society’s objective is to make the Museum into a safe, accessible and community friendly place. The first step is to remove the considerable quantity of asbestos in the basement. This dangerous material is lining […]
Golf for the Cure
More and more women are driving for show and putting for dough – all to raise money in the fight against breast cancer. On Saturday July 28th the Nk’Mip Canyon Desert Golf in Oliver will be hosting one of Golf Canada’s Golf Fore the Cure fundraising events to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer […]