Karen Niven wanted to wait until she was 75 but the pressure was on to retire – and make plans. Niven came to Oliver in 1975 – buying some property below and west of Bellevue Drive. Karen, Al and two young girls arrived from Vernon looking for a good place to settle. They liked the […]

Chief Clarence Louie and three of his council members at Villanova Buried there – Ernest Baptiste George of the Osoyoos Indian Band – Pictures submitted with thanks

Separating fact from fiction in the Okanagan July 2, 2015 UBC graduate students Maayan Kreitzman and Maery Kaplan-Hallam and UBC associate professor Kai Chan say local residents support the proposal to create the South Okanagan Similkameen national park. They discuss two recent UBC studies that show the park would provide both local and global benefits […]

Above Helene Godin Below Roger Richardson

We had a great crowd tonight for our first Summer Reading Club event of the summer. Guest artist Leza Macdonald encouraged the kids to start their Steampunk Books by first picking out their “doodads and gadgets” and then with help from energetic members of the Friends of the Library and staff the children start constructing […]

Grown to 90 hectares – on the Cathedral plateau – high up – steep terrain A “vigorously and aggressively” burning fire has been spotted approximately south of Keremeos in the Cathedral Provincial Park. It is burning on both the Canadian and American side of the border. It was first reported about 1 p.m. today. The […]