Cindy Levesque Submitted on 2015/10/27 at 3:53 pm Last spring my hens sat on a whack of eggs and I had the cutest bunch of chicks hanging around my place for the summer! Unfortunately, come fall, those chicks turned into roosters…and, if you are not aware, those guys don’t lay eggs! They like to make […]

By ROY WOOD Two weeks after a plea from the “yes” side in the national park debate, Oliver council heard Monday from hunting and ranching interests, who are against the idea. Jesse Zeman, a director of the BC Wildlife Federation, told council that the recent record of Parks Canada shows it is moving away from […]

By ROY WOOD The Oliver and District Heritage Society told town council Monday that it would be seeking a 14 per cent increase in funding for next year. Society director Dave Mattes told a council committee that the society has been “starved financially” by previous councils and that an increase is needed in a number […]

Town of Oliver and The South Okanagan Chamber Of Commerce On Thursday October 29, and Friday October 30, 2015 the Town of Oliver and the South Okanagan Chamber will be hosting a local Business Walk program during Small Business Month in Canada.  To date, more than 45 communities across British Columbia have expressed interest in […]

Tis the season to install winter tires on your vehicle. I vaguely remember Wally installing winter tires on our family car. The tires were just something that appeared on the car before the snow came which was usually in December. In Wally’s day we only put winter tires on the back wheels. Back then, the […]