30 plus in attendance Thursday evening at Medici’s for a presentation by Telus on its new fibre optic technology. Telus claims “blazing fast speeds” for home and businesses that have multiple applications on the system at the same time. Your bandwidth is not shared by anyone else. Packages include Optik TV. Door prize winner – Tablet […]
Archives for 2014
H2H – Off to a good start
First Annual Meeting of new “The Highway To Healing Support Society” – held Thursday at the Air Cadet Building in Oliver. Front Row: left to right Ernie Dumais – President, Riley Martin -Social Media, Tanya Martin and Gail Barriskill – Fundraising Back Row: Janice Stevens – Secretary, Joan McCaughey – Vice President, Larry Stevens – […]
Happiness
Brian and Karen Amos are proud to announce (finally!) the engagement of their daughter Katie to Adam Pearson son of (Corinne Pearson and the late Ron Pearson) They will be married August 23, 2014 at the Arosa Guest Ranch
Reform or abolish the senate – vote here
Preston Manning is asking you to speak out The former Reform Party leader and head of the Manning Foundation, a right-of-centre charitable institute dedicated to education about democracy, urges people to go to reformorabolish.ca and vote on six options about the future of the Senate. You can vote on ODN on one simple question.
Two of 4 Toyotas stolen now recovered in the valley
Two of four Toyotas, stolen from a dealership in Penticton last week, have been found. A Rav 4 was located Tuesday at an apartment building in the 600 block of Winnipeg Street. The second vehicle, a Toyota 4-Runner, was located in the Rutland area. There is still no information on the other two cars that were taken in the darkness. Anyone […]
WOW trade show in February
WOMEN OF OLIVER FOR WOMEN WOW is on a mission to enrich the lives of women and children in our Community and beyond and the group is achieving this goal by bettering the lives of many. Community services include Adopt a Highway clean up twice a year, donations of park benches in strategic locations, refurbishing […]
Hospital Financing
Directors of the Okanagan Similkameen Regional Hospital District have approved 5 year financial plan for all health facilities in the region. It is first reading so the Bylaw might get a 2nd look before the end of March. The plan calls for a total tax requisition of $5,035,000 – an increase of $135,000 year to […]
Committed to education
Since 2001, government has spent more than $2.5 billion to complete capital projects including 99 new and replacement schools, 151 additions, 27 renovations and 26 site acquisitions throughout B.C. All new and replacement schools have been constructed to meet the latest seismic standards. During this time, the Province has committed more than $4.1 billion on […]