There was a crowd of browsers and buyers at The Painted Chair, the home of creatively upcycled furniture on 857 Sawmill Rd., Oliver on Saturday February 15th. Reopening their workshop and store into a larger space in the same building was a cause for celebration for staff and volunteers. The expansion allows for a bigger […]
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Going? Think fast.
Upcycling shop re-opens – twice the space
Shooting for a Canada Day opening
Grant Stevely of Dubh Glas distillery at Gallagher Lake stands inside the new facility Saturday. Stevely says equipment being made in Germany has been delayed setting back the project about two months. Plans call an expansion once the new building is up and running. Earlier on ODN The Dubh Glas Distillery – Pictured above the […]
$10 thousand towards patient travel
Dick Auty (right) receives cheque from Hospital Auxiliary members for the Okanagan Cancer Car Project. Auty is Coordinator the Masonic Program. The service is used for cancer patient needing travel assistance to Kelowna’s Cancer Clinic. Picture with Auty is Thrift Shop convener Louise Christoffersen and President Bill Riley.
Pay yourself – not the power company
Healthy Living
Lakers vs Hornets – “Shoe Game” Sunday at noon SOSS gym
48th anniversary battle for the coveted shoe this Sunday The game was first started in 1963 when then SOSS coach Jerry Glassford and Pen Hi coach Larry Grant decided to play a non league game. Coach Glassford decided they should play for his old sneaker. Two years later former Oliver Wayne Radies donated his size 14 […]


