Michael Newman, 1944 – 2013 newspaper publisher, politician, activist, orchardist, family man Michael Newman, former publisher of the Oliver Chronicle, has died, aged 68, after a brief illness. In his 32 years as a resident of Oliver, Michael was involved in many key community and business organizations as well as serving as an Oliver rural […]

On Thursday, on the recommendation of Rural Director Allan Patton, the RDOS board passed a motion allowing a relaxation of flood plain requirements on land to the south of the present manufactured home park to allow for the final phase of the development. Owners get to own the land and bring on a home rather […]

Walking and cycling along Penticton’s Okanagan Lake waterfront will be safer and more accessible thanks to a $1.2-million contribution from the Government of Canada through the Gas Tax Fund. The walkway along the west side of the Okanagan Lake waterfront linking Winnipeg Street to Riverside Drive will undergo reconstruction this spring. The pathway will have […]

Snow be gone This is the last of the snow in my yard, it was 12 degrees Saturday, first double digit temperature since who knows when. The snow has been around so long, what is it, three months now, I returned from Australia early December to white everywhere, thank you warm weather. Photo and story […]

An exotic flamingo curlerensis americana was spotted at the Eastlink Curling Centre on Saturday night.  If you come down on today, you might be able to see it again. Below – cool exercise programme – no broom, no rock!