6:36 AM PDT Monday 28 August 2017 Special air quality statement in effect for: •Central Okanagan •North Okanagan •South Okanagan The Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Strategy, in collaboration with the Interior and Northern Health Authorities, has updated the Smoky Skies Bulletin due to smoke conditions. Areas covered by this Bulletin include: 100 […]
Archives for August 2017
Hey! I am….. I am but 75
Saturday Oliver Airport Former Mayor Pat Hampson celebrates a milestone ( in abject terror, he says ) All reports indicate Pat made the jump in tandem with an escort and survived the day.
Mirabilis Jalapa
The most common name is 4 o’clocks because they open in the late afternoon, remain open until morning, and on cloudy days they may not close at all. Their other common name is “Marvel of Peru” and is probably because they are native to the tropical areas of South America. They love the South Okanagan […]
Re-uniting – Class of 1952
Back row: John Bork, Mike Shippit, Brian Walker, Chris Yerburgh, Lyle Graham, Jim Pendergraft, Terry Schorn, Richard Besler, * Dan Roberts, George Nielson Front row: Betty Bork, Joan Sanderson, Joyce Thomson, Allan Close, Yvonne Moore. Class of 1952 – Graduating Class This was the first class to start it education in the brand new High […]
town job aug (5)
APC (3)
Small car flips south of Oliver
Before 3 pm Sunday – a north bound small low rise car flipped into a ditch on a four lane portion of Hwy 97. Tire tracks indicated that the car had a blow out or lost a wheel and travelled across an oncoming lane before coming to rest in a culvert. Police and ambulance on […]