Seniors in B.C. have reported a surge in cold calls warning them that their computers have been infected with a virus—and if they give the caller remote access to their machine, it can be fixed. The problem is, there’s no way for anyone to know if you are having computer problems, until they access your […]
Archives for September 2014
Notice
Skatepark Tour! Tuesday Sept 16. Youth 9 years and up = $20 Leave from Oliver Community Centre at 9am, ride the Peachland and Penticton youth parks, return to the OCC around 4. Only 22 seats available. Youth must sign up with consent of an adult through the Community Centre in order to go. Recreation Office […]
Tonight
Beautiful northern lights are expected to put on a show across Canada tonight, even in the South, thanks to the double impact from solar plasma hitting the Earth today. The combined effect “should light up the skies pretty good over Canada,” predicts William Murtagh, program co-ordinator for the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colo. […]
21/27
21 months of jail time and then 27 months of probation – a sentence handed out today in Penticton Law Courts to a former businessman who pled guilty to two counts of sexual assault. 59 year Gary Leaman was sentenced today by Judge Gail Sinclair who said the assaults on two separate persons were not […]
Open letter
Honourable Christy Clark: I write to you today with concerns over the plans by the Heritage Branch to devolve the care of the Heritage site “the Grist Mill” near Keremeos from the care of the Provincial Government to either a private entity, a society, or the residents of the local Regional and Municipal areas. In […]
Oliver Shoes
Staff reports – Oliver Parks and Recreation
Katie Eaton, Recreation Supervisor 1. Events: Family Fun Night — End of summer family event at Kinsmen Park. Parents and their children are welcome to attend for BBQ, bocce, parachute games and more. Free admission for families, we’re asking people to bring a loonie towards the BBQ. Thanks to Larry Clarke for volunteering his time […]
Legislated settlement coming?
Efforts to restart negotiations in the B.C. teachers’ strike that were made Thursday have yet to yield any concrete results, increasing speculation the government has other plans to get the teachers back to work. But on Friday morning, there was no sign from either side that a new round of actual negotiations has been scheduled. […]