Once again, our local Kiwanis club has shown its incredible commitment to Oliver’s children and youth. This morning, Oliver Kiwanis Club secretary Rosemary Pritchard presented a cheque for $2300 from the club to Tuc-el-Nuit school. The money will be used to purchase a set of ukuleles for the school’s music program. In grade 6 and […]

Sage Valley Voices Choir, along with President, Lois Bzdel, presented a cheque to Pat Chown, representing Oliver United Church and a cheque to Doreen Vissser, representing Sumac Ladies Auxiliary. Choir members donated proceeds from their Spring 2016 Concert in support of community outreach programs and soup kitchen within our community. Sage Valley Voices Choir would […]

This is Restorative Justice Week. The week is recognized in Canada and throughout the World to give residents an understanding of the role of community accountability programs that offer an alternative to the traditional justice system for individuals involved with minor incidents in the community. There are two events in the South Okanagan. The first […]

Recently we published a number of stories about school enrollment in the Okanagan Similkameen – District 53. Some clarification was requested by ODN and the staff supplied these graphs showing enrollment in 2014, 2015 and 2016 based on months indicated. The charts are not consistent in format For the purpose of consistency we will refer […]