1298 people voted in the Oliver Town election last Saturday for 4 councilors. 36.3% of the 3572 eligible voters based on Stats Canada information Top vote getter – Petra Veintimilla , Councillor-elect received almost 69.2 percent of the votes. Top vote getter 3 years ago – Linda Larson received 62% of the votes. To sit on […]
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Protest today in Penticton
B.C’s Native Courtworkers issued 72 hour strike notice to their employer to call attention to the B.C. government’s discriminatory wage policies, the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU) said today. Native Courtworkers, who help Aboriginal clients navigate the criminal court system, receive significantly less pay and benefits than workers performing similar jobs in the […]
Appies and wine social
Shoes and clothing all in one store – drop in today
Extra is big
Condolences
Petersen, Hank Apr 11, 1925 – Nov 14, 2014 It is with great sadness that we say farewell to Henry (Hank) Petersen born on April 11, 1925 in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia and died on November 14, 2014 in Oliver, BC. Hank was predeceased by his parents Karla and Christian Petersen and his older brother, […]
#justdrive
The top three contributing factors to motor vehicle fatalities in B.C. are speed, distraction, and alcohol and drugs. Of the 269 people killed in the last year in British Columbia, speed was a contributing factor in 78 deaths, distracted driving in 77, and alcohol and drugs in 63. And that doesn’t account for the hundreds […]
Stark reality – pictured history – Dustin Lesmeister
Press image for larger Poland Auschwitz I was first constructed to hold Polish political prisoners, arriving in May 1940. Auschwitz II–Birkenau went on to become a major site of the Nazi “Final Solution to the Jewish question”. Transport trains delivered Jews to the camp’s gas chambers from all over Europe. 1.1 million prisoners died at […]