Spiral Shot – Sabrina Fortunato 29th “Snowball” figure skating competition coming up on the weekend at the Oliver Arena. The South Okanagan Figure Skating Club is hosting the competion November 24 and 25th. 150 skaters coming from thru out the Okanagan Region, including Revelstoke and Golden. The club will have 8 of our own skaters participating. Lef to right: […]
Archives for 2012
Baldy shadow effect by Sam Smith
The bee’s knees by Annette Janzen
Visit your hometown store this weekend
Black Friday Sale Sears Canada – Hometown Store in Oliver Place Mall 1400- 5955 Main Street Sale Duration – Thursday to Monday Phone Bonnie Hayes for more information 498-3448 Open Hours – Monday to Saturday 9:30am to 5:00pm and Sunday 11am to 3pm
Alcohol related deaths down almost 50% in BC
Two years after B.C. introduced Canada’s toughest provincial impaired driving law, an estimated 104 lives have been saved and impaired driving has dropped significantly. Justice Minister and Attorney General Shirley Bond announced preliminary road-crash fatality data for the two years ending Sept. 30, 2012, and the results of a recent driver impairment survey. Since the […]
Loud crunch, car into pole – one to hospital
A green older model SUV crashed into a hydro pole one mile north of Oliver at about 1:45 Wednesday afternoon. Police, fire and EMS responded. Traffic affected until Fortis could turn off the power to splintered pole which is still standing. No known reason for the single vehicle crash, no knowledge of the seriousness of […]
Clarence Louie not impressed with DFO
OIB Chief Clarence calls those that work at the federal Department of Fisheries “a bunch of idiots”. This was not a casual reference in a long conversation I had with the Chief today on a number of subjects. Louie repeated this phrase several times when talking about a government department that he says really does […]
