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 […]
Archives for 2013
The colour of dance by Marc Girouard
Will classes be disrupted this fall?
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 […]
RCMP confirms report – IED bomb detonated in neighbourhood
On August 12, (Monday) at approximately 10:40am Oliver RCMP were advised of an incident involving an Improvised Explosives Device (IED). This device appears to have been placed under a vehicle which was unoccupied and parked behind a residence in the 600 block Earl Crescent. A local area resident attended to the local Detachment with a piece of […]