Miradoro Restaurant at Tinhorn Creek was honoured with a gold medal for Best Winery / Vineyard Dining for the fifth consecutive year at yesterday’s 27th Annual Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards. “We are truly honoured and proud to take home this award,” says restaurateur and co-owner Manuel Ferreira. “The accolade is shared with our chef Jeff […]
Archives for April 2016
Honouring the memory of someone you love
Vance Schellenberg was a budding 29-year-old helicopter mechanical engineer when his life was suddenly cut short. The son of long-time Penticton residents Donna and Harold Schellenberg was among six people killed when a helicopter crashed into a mountainside while flying in winter whiteout conditions above the Stikine River in 1990. Now Donna and Harold are […]
Teneycke admits he is guilty
Ronald Teneycke has pled guilty to four charges in connection with a robbery at the Oliver – Eastside Store and the shooting of an Oliver man, Wayne Belleville last summer. The charges included robbery and discharging a firearm with intent to wound. He appeared by video from the Kamloops jail Thursday. The 53 year old […]
Spillway at Road 11
Diverted from river at McIntrye – all the way and then diverted back to the river. The canal is fueled and ready for next Monday. Pump Houses being serviced. “The beginning of the 2016 irrigation season start date is confirmed for April 18th. The temporary fix to the Gallagher Lake Siphon is complete and we […]
Fine entertainment – support your local singers
Crisis – updated
A public health emergency has been declared in British Columbia over a “significant” increase in drug-related overdoses and deaths. The announcement was made Thursday morning by Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall. It is the first time he has exercised his emergency powers. Kendall said that overdose deaths have climbed steadily since 2010, reaching 474 […]
Another big auction planned for Oliver
A note from Wally: Oliver Super Valu will cease to exist on May 1 2016, after 43 years in business in Oliver and 56 years working under the Super Valu banner. Many of our employee will be transitioning to the new Loblaw No Frills market and it is slated to open on Friday August 19th. […]
What is it?
Press to enlarge Submitted by Dale Dodge My guess had been a part of the west lateral that went to the Sportsman Bowl Is it concrete or rock? – A long time ago according to OIB records the river flowed to the rock bluff at that corner of the highway. The natives fished from the […]