Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of taking in Trail Silver City Days festivities: the pageant, the parade, and more. The people of Trail proudly celebrated their history that weekend, and that history has a distinctly Italian flavour, with a spaghetti-eating contest, grape stomp, and bocce tournament. The local Italian community has had a […]
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Town mosaic (3)
Update
VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark has issued the following statement: “In recent days, we have made every effort to reach a governing agreement, while standing firm on our core beliefs. It’s vitally important that British Columbians see the specific details of the agreement announced today by the BC NDP and Green Party leaders, which could […]
Junior Triathlon – cancelled for 2017
Oliver Parks and Recreation has regrettably had to cancel the Junior Triathlon this year. We unfortunately didn’t see the registrations needed in order to run the event this Saturday, June 3rd. We are hoping to restructure the Junior Triathlon next year and hope that we see more registrations in the future. This event has been […]
Fred the poet
The Beauty Of Rust In the back of the barn Behind old washing machines, As hidden as memories, That nobody sees, Condemned to her silence amid the droning of bees. You can smell the old barn wood, There’s used leather in there Ragged and twisted And a lot worse for wear. Over the boxes, a […]
Christy Clark – new leader of the Opposition in BC ?
BC Green leader Andrew Weaver and BC New Democrat leader John Horgan have reached an agreement that would see the Greens’ three MLAs support an NDP government. “We can have a stable minority government for four years with the support of BC Green MLAs on confidence and supply matters,” Weaver said at a 2 p.m. press […]
Report theft to police – recovery accomplished
Recovery Of Stolen Property Thanks to Local Resident On May 22nd, 2017 at approximately 5:35 am Oliver RCMP were called to a theft in progress at Desert Valley Auto Recycling. The complainant observed a male suspect removing tire rims from the property and called police. Prior to police arriving the suspect had fled the scene but fortunately with […]
Local stage players (SOAP) win zone prizes
From SOAP newsletter Just about everyone knows we took our spring show, Since You Left Us to the 2017 O-Zone Festival this year. What you might not know is that Since You Left Us is now officially an award winning play! As producer I pulled some strings and managed to tag along on this first-ever […]