Surprise visit to Oliver by Premier Christy Clark. The premier bringing with her a cheque in the amount of $525 thousand to help with the cost of repairs on the Gallagher Lake syphon damaged by a rock fall in January. Mayor Ron Hovanes says the Town had budgeted $475 thousand dollars so there is a […]

The man affectionately known as the Mayor of Rutland has died. Ben Wah Lee died at home, in his sleep, Sunday night. He had been battling cancer. He was 86. Lee was a teacher in the Kelowna area for 34 years. Born in Armstrong. Lee entered politics in 1973, when he was elected to his first […]

A dying Canadian liver patient who had no hope of being treated in his home country flew all the way to Hong Kong and was successfully given a second lease of life in an operation conducted by the city’s top transplant experts. Mike Watson, 39, father of three, suffered from a sudden and massive internal […]

Postcard: source unknown what is the year of the average vehicle?

Years ago I worked in radio – if the transmitter was down – no one got the signal. In the internet world – things are a bit different with the same signal going in many directions and using many platforms. Has your connection to ODN been slow lately? – Home computer?, PDA-hand held device? We […]