Rainfall amounts of 40 to 60 mm beginning early this morning and continuing through Thursday. This is a warning that significant rainfall is expected or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions and local media. A very moist area of low pressure has developed over Northwestern USA, and is approaching Southern British Columbia. Widespread rain […]
Archives for June 2013
Ok team…gather round
Photo submitted by Melva Ringrose
Early next month
National Aboriginal Day – busy one for local chief
Osoyoos Indian Band and partners, Bellstar and Watermark, will announce the redevelopment of holes 8 & 9 at Nk’Mip Golf Course as part of the growth of Canyon Desert Resort Villas on Friday. The event taking place just after 12 noon on June 21st in Oliver. Prior to that: The Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen will join three First Nations […]
Celebration of life for Elizabeth Mann this Saturday
Elizabeth Mann May 3, 1929 – May 16, 2013 Elizabeth passed away peacefully of at her home in Oliver at the age of 84. She will be missed by many. She is survived by her son Eric Hillmer-Mann (Nancy) and grandchildren Sarah and Colin as well as sister-in-law Nancy Hillmer and niece Heather Moss […]
10:10 pm grass and tree fire above Bowl on Secrest Rd
Location – south side of Secrest Hill Rd between Covert Place and Pampas Grass Way Fire of unknown origin lit up just after ten and called in to fire dispatch by passersby’s. On the scene indicated fire had move east to west from a large tree to area above the Sportsman Bowl. Crews from Oliver […]
Parks Board – discussions and decisions
The project to get two new changerooms at the Oliver arena will go ahead this summer and a new expanded weight room is still in the planning stages. 1. Weinrich Construction of Oliver has been granted the contract to do the work on the change rooms at a cost of $74,970 (including all taxes) – […]
July 8th – good time to get ripped off
Ripoff Artists Turn Heads For their seventh annual challenge, the Ripoff Artists are stalking “the father of abstract art,” Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944). The larcenous group of South Okanagan artists will turn heads at the Quail’s Nest Arts Centre for a week in July as they purloin Kandinsky’s “Garden of Love.” This year marks one hundred […]