Richard Bullock, the now former chair of B.C.’s Agricultural Land Commission, alleges he was fired by the province because they wanted him out of the way while they implement changes to how agricultural land is preserved. The government announced in a news release on Thursday that former Saanich mayor Frank Leonard has been appointed as […]
Archives for 2015
Cawston firm receives grant for earwig tests on orchard pests
CAWSTON – Cawston Cold Storage has received a grant of $140,160 in joint funding from the provincial and federal governments through the Canada-B.C. Agri-Innovation Program. The funding will allow Cawston Cold Storage to test the potential of using earwigs as biological control for several apple-orchard insect pests including the rosy apple aphid, leafrollers, budmoth and […]
Down the aisle
Do you speed ? I mean are you aggressive ?
Since March 1st Kelowna RCMP have conducted speed enforcement along the Highway 97 corridor north to Vernon. The primary purpose of this enforcement was to target aggressive drivers that are travelling more than forty (40) kms. per hour over the posted speed limit. In the last two months, Kelowna IRSU has impounded 53 vehicles for […]
Long weekend – what’s on
Send me info now on events and you get on the front page exception: no yard and garage sales – please put in events/classifieds info@ODNews.ca *** Tables Still Available for Last Minute booking Air Cadet Spring Fling Crafts and Everything Sale Sat May 16th 9am to 3pm Air Cadet Hangar – 5856 Cessna St. (Far […]
Welcome artists from Chelan
ART WITHOUT BORDERS – Sister city to visit Oliver – by Marion Trimble Visitors from Oliver’s sister city, Chelan, Washington, are making a day trip to visit on Friday, May 29. The invitation to Oliver was made after a group of Oliverites made the trip south to Chelan last year. During this trip, being hosted […]
A letter from the Slater family
When is the political line crossed? My name is Sylvia Slater and I, along with my family, are experiencing and bearing the realities associated with the loss of John Slater. To my family he was a brother, a father, an uncle, a nephew, and a son. To others, he was a friend and to many […]
Into books? Try local writer
Danial Neil: Author Reading at Oliver Branch Library Local author Danial Neil will be speaking at the Oliver Branch Library on Wednesday, May 27 at 7:00pm. Danial Neil was born in New Westminster, in 1954 and grew up in North Delta. he began writing in his teens, making the decision to become a full time […]