Life above the Clouds at the McKinney Nordic Ski Centre by Brandt Leinor McKinney Nordic Ski Centre is located just 27km from Oliver on the road to Mt. Baldy (a 35 minute drive). There are 14 km of cross-country trails, with a variety of levels of difficulty and the trails are groomed and trackset regularly […]
Archives for January 2015
Down the aisle
Letter to the editor
OLIVER CRIME WATCH NEEDS VOLUNTEERS. In 2014 Oliver Crime Watch (Citizens on Patrol) put in 539 man hours and travelled 3737 kms on 112 patrols in the town. We provided security (manned the barricades) for the Sunshine Days and November 11 Remembrance Day parades. We also sent out 5 patrols on Halloween and had our […]
Chair’s report on Board of Education
It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Barton Tumlinson. Barton passed away suddenly on Friday January 23rd. Barton was a valued member of our administrative team. He joined our district in August 2009 as vice principal of Similkameen Elementary Secondary School. On August 1st, 2013 he was appointed as principal of Oliver […]
Design of dam cause of Mt. Polley failure
An independent investigation has determined the failure of the Mt Polley mine tailings dam was caused by a failure in the foundation of the embankment caused by its design. The report, which was released on Friday morning in Victoria, said the design failed to take into account the complexity of the instability of underlying glacial […]
See Bonnie Hayes at Oliver Place Mall
crooner
Leadership at Highway to Healing
2015 directors for Highway To Healing, left to right, Gail Barriskill, Joan McCaughey, Cindy Gosling, Riley Martin, Ernie Dumais, Tanya Martin, Shelley Bolingbroke. On our banner Lynnea Holmstrom. Highway to Healing Support Society 2014 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING President’s Report Highway to Healing Support Society is an Oliver charity offering financial assistance to local families who […]