So today the Eastlink Curling button and the Mt. Baldy Ski button on are back on the regular run around the face of the blog. Folks the summer is still here but preparations for fall must be made. Kids school supplies, new clothing. Many changes coming. Reminders to clubs, organizations etc. to get you event […]
Archives for August 2013
Walk a tour on Friday
The colour of dance by Marc Girouard
Will classes be disrupted this fall?
Government bargaining delays threaten to disrupt classes in the fall BURNABY—Despite assurances that the provincial government was prepared to bargain with CUPE education workers in August, negotiations have broken off indefinitely. “They called us back to the table. We were ready, they were not. As a result, there is a danger that classes will be […]
Oliver’s Structurlam in the news
Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, today recognized Stucturlam for its leading-edge work in developing structural wood products. Thomson toured Structurlam’s Okanagan Falls manufacturing plant, which was recently expanded to allow for increased production of Structurlam’s cross-laminated timber panels, a solid-wood product that offers a lighter-weight alternative to concrete in commercial […]
Traffic flow disturbed on Waterman’s hill in OK Falls
Time: about 5pm Traffic flow stopped by traffic accident near bridge in OK Falls Not further details Picture submitted by Larry Maika
Debris, damage and crime scene photos – Pipe bomb explodes
Time: Pipe bomb most likely explored over night Saturday (Sunday morning) in the wee hours. Location: Alley of 600 Block – Earle Crescent, Oliver BC Car: Owned by Lee Ann Wilson (according to Castanet who spoke to a neighbour) – damaged car picture first shown on Facebook. Confusion: First thought to be damage by lightning because […]
Back home…finally after 40 years
Above Rhoda Brooks, Visitors Centre in Oliver (Historic CPR Building) holding heavy sign stolen from the station many years ago. So long ago memories start to fade. This sign was dropped off at ODN by a person who stated it was time for this to be returned. It had been ‘clipped’ in the early seventies and stored […]