VICTORIA — B.C. drivers may no longer use their credit cards to pay for monthly basic auto insurance, as part of cost-saving changes at ICBC. The public auto insurer quietly introduced the new policy on the first of November which forbids payment by credit card for customers who pay their insurance premiums via a monthly […]

By ROY WOOD An updated official community plan (OCP) for the Town of Oliver will have to wait till 2016 after proposals from consulting firms came in well over budget. Planning director Chris Garrish told council the response to the August request for proposals (RFP) was “underwhelming to say the least.” In his submission to council, Garrish […]

“So, Mummy, when the Syrian refugee family gets to Oliver, they want to become Canadians, right?” “Right, my girl.” “So, then I guess when they get here we should stop calling them the Syrian family and start calling them the Canadian family, right?” How’s that for wisdom from the mouths of babes? She might only […]

A Letter to all Canadians, Last night while saying my bedtime prayers , I asked God The Holy Spirit, to help us to prepare ourselves to be ready to receive Him when he comes again, as He promised us 2000 years ago, and which I believe will be in the very near future. I prayed […]