Southern Okanagan Secondary School grabbed seventh place at the BC High School Girls AA Field Hockey Championship, which concluded Friday in Surrey. SOSS finished with a win, a loss and a tie in the round robin, losing 5-0 to top-seed Crofton House. In their opening playoff game, the Hornets fell 5-0 to second-seeded Collingwood. But […]
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The Fruits of their labour
Harvest at Osoyoos LaRose -Photo by Pat Monahan
November 9th – Species at risk – open house
Members of the public are invited to attend an information session next Wednesday regarding using fences to protect species at risk in the Osoyoos West Bench. Provincial Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations staff will be available to answer questions and provide more detail about plans to erect fencing in the area around […]
Marsel’s win big at Fireball
Andy and Sam Marsel came away the big winners at the annual Fireball event, hosted by the Oliver Fire Department Saturday evening at the Oliver Community Centre. The board was full at the start of the night, and one by one, names were pulled off until Andy and Sam were left standing. Their take […]
New accommodation, not my style thanks – Pat Whalley
The newest accommodation in town is really modern and has all the bells and whistles you could wish for in a state of the art facility. There is lots of well lit, secure parking, even several recharging stations for electric cars and is nicely landscaped. The cuisine will feature fresh, home grown veggies which are […]
Casey Brouwer chosen as new Osoyoos School Trustee
Bi-election for Osoyoos School Trustee School District 53 Okanagan Similkameen It took about 45minutes to count and check all the ballots. Only one candidate attended the count in the Library of the Osoyoos Elementary School. 549 ballots cast – 1 spoiled Casey Brouwer on top with 251 – Penny Dupperon 40 less with 87 for […]
Oliver Scribblers make mark on Oliver’s Literary Landscape
As a society, we love to read – from books, magazines, newspapers and brochures – to the information available to us on televisions, computers, tablets and phones – and, of course, to websites such as the one you are currently viewing. We are inundated with words. The information we gather from the many mediums at […]