Organizers of the Fall Art Show and Sale at the “FOG” in October have 80 people presenting with 121 items on display – to see and to buy. Local talent puts it there and you get to judge it. Penticton painter, Glenn Clark and Oliver quilter, Marianne Parsons, two of our best artists are featured at the […]
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Born and raised in Oliver
It’s never too late to learn how to tickle the ivories. Oliverite Matthew Thomas is keen to teach “adults and seniors in particular” how to make beautiful music … together. Matthew is offering lessons for small groups of two to four, in a manageable schedule of eight week sessions at a time. “You can book […]
One man’s view
Small town webpapers bumping small town newspapers Two Okanagan towns have good little weeklies, The Oliver Chronicle (1937) and The Osoyoos Times(1947). Now they also have two good little daily web competitors, southokanaganphotos.today and osoyoosdailynews.com. The upstarts take classifieds and obits for free and have some paid advertising to boot. The business model of […]
Tap tap….tap
Town of Oliver residents can now pick up their FREE Water and Energy Saving Kits (Kits), 250 of which are available on a first-come first-served basis at Oliver Municipal Hall’s Reception Desk, 6150 Main Street. Tap by Tap provides free, easy-to-install faucet fixtures to help residents across British Columbia save water, energy and money. Fixtures […]
Osoyoos to Kelowna airport shuttle expected to run in 2014
A meeting in Penticton last week attended by South Okanagan Chamber of Commerce (SOCC) leaders and 45 interested parties to discuss a proposed daily shuttle service to run from Osoyoos to the Kelowna International Airport has resulted in a renewed thrust to get this needed transporation link working by next year. The shuttle would include […]
Oliver real estate report
Here is the August Real Estate Update for Oliver: The number of residential sales year to date for the entire South Okanagan Real Estate Board region (Summerland to Osoyoos, Rock Creek to Princeton) was virtually unchanged from last year with just a 0.3% increase. Oliver’s home sales so far this year are down 26.1% while […]
Gina’s Rock – home tired but happy
Photo submitted A busy weekend at the coast. Gina’s Rock is about team-work….playing all day – tired but happy and registered again for next year. Place 4th, met a lot of sports stars, raised over $14000. Thanks Oliver.

