Time and Day: 5:01 pm Sunday – crews dispatch – 2 trucks responded Location: Just west of Hwy 97 at Road Five Response: Fire dealt with – habitation continues Involved: Oliver Fire Department on the scene for about an hour. Rob Graham OFD media said it appeared to be an accident in a workshop near […]
Archives for 2016
The photography of Marc Girouard
Banner above of Okanagan Lake is Marc’s as well.
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Big Al’s Bakery and Deli
Store hours 6:30am till 5pm Monday through Saturday….. and closed Sunday. In the bakery – Fresh baked from scratch breads, buns, our signature cakes, pastries and doughnuts. In the deli – Fresh sliced deli meats and cheeses, call to order all occasion deli platters, made in BC cheeses from Jerseyland organics and Dutchman Dairy. As […]
Weekend picture – Paul Eby
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Carrying cell phone sure helps
At about 10 a.m. on June 11, 911 received a call from a male who had just crashed his cross-country motorcycle above Saliken Drive just off Carmi Road west of Penticton. Due to a number of injuries, he was unable to move other than to make the cell phone call to 911. Penticton Search and […]
The Big Break – by Brenda Shaw
With credits to “The Big Break” by Oliver News Photo of Art (last name not known, George Bitterman and Russell Shaw On January 9,1936 the West Kootenay Power Line went-down which resulted in cutting off power to Summerland, Penticton, Kelowna, Oliver, Princeton, Hedley, Keremeos and other points in the Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys. The line […]
Jaime Fortune – on the move to Okanagan Sun Football
Fortune. son of Tom and Teresa – 18 and graduating SOSS this year Signed up for this season – Okanagan Sun Football in Kelowna. “I am honoured,” says Jaime, to be chosen as I have limited on-the-field experience. Selected as a right tackle playing offense. “It’s a great opportunity to use my athletic abilities.” Jaime Boreham, […]