Dear Friends: When our parliament decided to defeat Bill C-398 which would have ensured greater access to affordable medicines for people dying of treatable disease in developing countries, the local Grandmothers for Africa group was dismayed. This decision translates into the loss of huge numbers of lives in Africa. Some of those lives, for Oliver […]
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Letter to the editor
Oliver Fire Department – annual Christmas picture
Poster sized picture
Brian Louie trial adjourned for a week
Regina vs Brian Douglas Louie on two criminal charges relating to a May 2012 incident on the Osoyoos Indian Reserve has been adjourned at the conclusion of the Crown’s case which involved 10 witnesses over a three day period this week. The two charges – aggravated sexual assault and assault causing bodily harm. Defense lawyer James […]
MLA’s get friendly grilling at RDOS table
MLA’s John Slater and Bill Barisoff spoke to 18 directors at the Penticton board table of the Regional District Okanagan Similkameen today on many topics ranging from A to Z – or water quality to trail systems that are needed in the valley. Summerland Mayor Janice Perrino asked one question to get things rolling. Why […]
Leadership at RDOS remains the same
Penticton Mayor Dan Ashton was re-elected Chair of the RDOS this afternoon with Rural Director Mark Pendergraft of Osoyoos chosen as Vice Chair again. Defeated in a race for the chairmanship – Mayor Ron Hovanes of Oliver. Defeated in a race for the vice-chair position – Rural Director Karla Kozakevich of Naramata Director Andrew Jakubeit […]
Detour being built to speed up project
View looking north towards dam at McIntrye Bluff. Detour road being built. Existing ditch filled in with debris etc but the area will be paved over so that once detour is in place traffic can find its way for three full months as a box culvert is constructed under roadway that will be widened for […]
Excavator takes down S/Okanagan radio history
Heavy equipment working most of Thursday bringing down the 2nd CKOK building in Penticton on Nanaimo Street. The last radio station to use the building was Great Valleys Radio CIGV. For oldtimers – CKOK set up studios in the 100 block Main Street before 1950, moving first to the Nanaimo studios as it grew and […]