The children of long-time Naramata residents June and Bill June are honouring their deceased parents’ wishes with a $30,000 donation to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation. This will enable the couple’s name to be linked with an individual patient room in Penticton Regional Hospital’s new tower.

Obituary for the late Earl Webster Chase 1925 – 2017 On December 19, 2017 Earl Webster Chase passed away peacefully.   Earl was born September 15, 1925 in Hinton Trail Alberta. He was one 14 children, born to Gertrude and Webster Chase. He is predeceased by his son Clinton and his sisters, Alice, Doris, Cora, […]

Michael Fitzwilliam Welsh ( Mott and Welsh – Penticton) named Q.C. yesterday by the province of BC. Welsh had a practice in our end of the valley many years after graduating from law school in 1980. Only 7% of practicing BC lawyers have that designation. Welsh is primarily a criminal court lawyer. Served in a […]

The cost of a Town of Oliver business licence has increased from the average $75.00 per year to $100 per year, dependent on the classification of the business. The new fee schedule is available on the Town’s website www.oliver.ca That is a 33.3 percent increase. As part of the Oliver Council’s 2016-2018 Strategic Plan, a review and […]

The Oliver Aktion Club is a great organization that doesn’t get a whole lot of media attention, but they definitely deserve it.  Affiliated with the Oliver Kiwanis Club, its members are adults with developmental disabilities, age 18 and over, who are interested in serving their community. They raise funds by holding bake sales, an occasional […]