A blast of very cold Arctic air will push south through the Central Interior Sunday night. Snow, blowing snow with near zero visibility and rapidly falling temperatures will mark the arrival of the Arctic front Local snow accumulations are likely. The front will move through the Southern Interior Monday afternoon. By Tuesday afternoon the winds […]
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Moisture on the ground – cold temperatures – bad combo
Icy roads contributed to several car accidents in the South Okanagan Similkameen area Friday morning. Keremeos RCMP (Traffic Division) advise they were called to five accidents including one rollover. Three were on Highway 3 between Keremeos and Hedley and two were on Highway 3a between Keremeos and Yellow Lake. They all involved single vehicles and many […]
Friday night picture show
Aman with Santa Friday night The excitement of colouring a poster for Christmas below OES student choir on the front steps of Oliver Town Hall prior to the official “Light Up” Wow this is fun Gran – “I don’t want to come out” (below) Sunny the Clown does tricks with balloons Santa tries again – […]
Santa in Oliver – Main Street – all that glitters
Getting everyone to smile or look at the camera almost impossible. Thank you Santa for showing up at Royal LePage to have your picture taken with the kids. Katie Amos (below) shows us the creative trees set to be displayed at Mrs. Claus’s workshop in the old Alberto’s Decorating building on Main Street.
See the list and checking it twice
Oliver Light Up – a tradition Time Frames: 3:3o to 5:3o pm – Pictures with Santa at Royal Lepage (Southwinds) 4:30 pm – Face Painting at Medici’s Mrs. Claus sets up her shop on Main Street at former Alberto’s retail outlet. Enter the draws – win Oliver Bucks 5 to 7 pm Main Street walkabout […]
Starts now – as light fades…
V-Day Oliver/Osoyoos Campaign Underway, Volunteers Needed!
Last year, V-Day Oliver/Osoyoos was formed by activist Paula Rodriguez de la Vega; joining in with a global movement with the goal of stopping violence against women and girls. The group staged a number of events, including a ‘One Billion Rising’ Celebration at Medici’s on February the 14th, as well as a production of ‘The […]
What’s going on at your School District?
November 28, 2013 On November 14th our Aboriginal education department presented a cultural awareness workshop to district administrators and Aboriginal support workers. Nan Allison (USIB), Carol Allison (LSIB), and Robert Edward (LSIB) presented on the history of the Okanagan and Similkameen people. Leon Louis presented on cultural celebrations and traditional ways and Angie Todd-Dennis on […]