Christmas is just around the corner and the Kiwanis Club of Oliver wants to make sure it’s a good one foras many local families as possible! A special goal of the club each year is to see that every child has a gift under the tree on December 25th. In order to make this happen […]
Archives for 2015
Oliver happy with regional heritage approach
By ROY WOOD The town of Oliver agreed Monday to join the regional district’s heritage conservation program at an annual cost estimated at under $1,000. Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen (RDOS) projects coordinator Lindsay Bourque told council Monday the region has been working on the project since 2013 and now is the time for […]
Oliver agrees to join food security program
By ROY WOOD Oliver council has agreed to spend up to $15,000 a year for three years to fund a food security program provided the town is able to secure matching monies from Interior Health. Carol Sheridan, community contact for the Okanagan-Similkameen Healthy Living Coalition, asked council Monday to submit a letter of intent […]
Gateway Casino to stay “inside” city
Gateway Casinos & Entertainment has announced plans to build a new, 45,000-square-foot entertainment and gaming property next to the South Okanagan Events Centre. It will be called Cascades Casino Penticton. The project promises up to 150 new jobs and a $25-million construction investment. Gateway has entered into a lease with the City of Penticton for […]
Toy for Kids – help out this year
Drop into The Bargain Store – buy a gift for a child this Christmas. All proceeds to the Knights of Columbus Food Drive and Toys for Kids. Seen here Sherry, Manager of TBS and Knight Wayne Danbrook. Ask the staff at TBS how you can help this Christmas
There’s something in the air!
At this time of the year, along with the busy activity of life, there is another rhythm. Underneath there’s a subtle purpose, a joyful preparation occurring – and Oliver’s Community Handbell Choir, the Oliver Handbell Ringers and their singers, are right in the middle of it. Our Christmas programme is already under way, with […]
Knight of Columbus food drive
This Christmas, the Oliver Knights of Columbus, with the help of the Food Bank, are again undertaking the Christmas Hamper Campaign. The original campaign 44 years ago provided food for 10 families. In 2014 we filled over 200 hampers, and we expect at least that again this year. The citizens and businesses of Oliver and […]
Teneycke appearance – victim upset
Wayne Belleville of Oliver went through a traumatic event last summer when a man shot him on a hillside road east of Oliver and then stole his truck. Today at Penticton Law Courts Belleville got a first hand look at the justice system and was not overly happy about how things are proceeding. Ronald Arthur […]