Two daughters of A.E. Reid commissioned a well known artist to paint a picture of the historic Southern Okanagan High School built in 1948 but destroyed by fire in 2011. A.E. (Ed) Reid was vice-Principal of the High School in Oliver from 1948 to 1956 and Principal 1956 to 1967. The rendering was completed by Bill Ross who has designed […]
Archives for September 2013
Road 2 mystery
Do you have the answer? All the poles have tape on them, many in green, some red, one purple. This is Road 2 sout of Oliver. If you cross the highway – no tape on any pole.
Historic Grand Forks building burns – arson?
The iconic building that houses city hall in Grand Forks nearly burned down this morning and RCMP have already begun an investigation. Alarms went off around 5:30 a.m. today and the first floor of the building was already engulfed in flames when crews arrived. The fire department was able to extinguish the blaze, but there […]
Re-opens October 1st
Wine and dine with Patsy Cline
Labour peace at schools for another year
Possible job action by unionized public school support staff in British Columbia has been averted with a new one year agreement initialed. The BC Public School Employers’ Association and CUPE BC, which represents 27,000 of the affected workers, say a tentative two year contract has been reached. It contains a total 3.5 per cent wage increase over the life of the deal, […]
Final Notice
Oliver Muncipal By-Election 8am to 8pm Saturday September 21 Oliver Community Hall to elect one councillor
