The Annual (and famous) Combined Bonspiel at the Eastlink Curling Centre is happening this weekend. Twenty men’s teams and 12 women’s teams from up and down the Okanagan Valley will be playing for glory and prizes starting on Friday afternoon at 3 pm, and ending Sunday afternoon at about 3 pm. Spectators are very welcome […]
Archives for February 2014
Federal opposition leader to speak
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is hosting a special town hall in Penticton — and you’re invited. Tom will speak about the NDP campaign to make life more affordable for everyday Canadians. You’ll also get the chance to ask questions in a special Q&A session. Event is Wednesday February 19th at the Penticton Lakeside Resort at […]
What does the budget mean to you?
The B.C. government has introduced Balanced Budget 2014, which includes forecast surpluses in all three years of the fiscal plan and modest investments in priority areas, Finance Minister Michael de Jong told legislators today. B.C. is forecast to end the fiscal year 2013-14 with a surplus of $175 million, with progressively larger surpluses forecast in […]
Photographer Leza Macdonald
Shiny new piano – polished to perfection. SO Concert Society Members on the left. SOSS administrators Marcus Toneatto and Tracy Harrington at right of Yamaha C3. The new stage at Frank Venables Theatre
Volunteer of the month – February
Sister Frieda Stratton was proclaimed Oliver Elks ~ Volunteer of the Month for February.
Pure joy!
Brita Park expresses joy at the arrival of new Yamaha C3 at the Frank Venables Theatre this morning. Don’t forget the pedals. Setting up the 650 lb. Grand piano. Gold look inside THE STEINWAY REPLACEMENT HAS ARRIVED by Marion Boyd A beautiful gently used Yamaha C3 concert grand piano has found its way home. World […]
Oliver resident wins Penticton awards
Legion Remembrance Day Poster and Literary Contest Winner Sgt. Kathryn Schur of the 788 Penticton Army Cadets was the 1st place winner in two categories of the Legion Remembrance Day contest in Penticton. She placed first in both the Essay and the Black and Whiteposter contest earning both a certificate and a cash prize. These […]
RCMP respond to accident caused by black ice
On February 18, 2014 at ~ 06:37 Hours the Oliver RCMP received a report of a single vehicle motor vehicle accident, South of Oliver, in the vicinity of Highway 97 and Road 7. Attendance confirmed that a red 1/2 tonne pick up truck, belonging to a 38 year old male Oliver resident, was South bound […]