On February 3, 2014 Oliver and Osoyoos Detachment, assisted by the South Okanagan Regional Detachment attended to a residence in the 4000 block of Highway 97 and were able to recover a trailer stolen from the Penticton area on January 16, 2014. Members also recovered a firearm, ammunition, a battery charger and other items which […]
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Town council meets today
Delegations: 4pm – Sarah Trudeau, Regional Development coordinator – Community Foundation of the South Okanagan-Similkameen – Grant in aid request 7pm – Chantel Reems, coordinator – Community Giving Canadian Cancer Society, BC and Yukon Division – Relay for Life Committee of the Whole Meeting items 2014 Municipal Tax Rate Projections Fire Hall Expansion Grant in […]
Elks volunteer honoured
Lynne Thompson for Oliver Elks – volunteer of the month
You are special – treat yourself
Photo essay by Paige Riley
Red on white in the blue Valentine on snow
Rural report from Laird Smith
Last week’s column generated some interest. I was surprised at just how concerned everyone felt about climate change. One of my faithful readers identified an error in the article, which was the statement I made about the earth’s axis tilting 2 degrees. I went online to see if I was incorrect. I found a web […]
Whalley white out
Dave and I must have been on the Skaha Lake Road at the same time. What appeared to be a storm was actually a strong south wind blowing all the snow off the lake and beach on to the roadway leaving about six inches in spots.
