FortisBC is warning customers to be careful, after hearing complaints about suspicious salespeople claiming to be from the utility who ask to see a homeowner’s furnace. In an information bulletin released Friday, FortisBC told customers to be cautious of anyone who shows up unannounced, claiming to offer appliance or meter inspections, or selling or repairing […]

A months-old boil-water advisory for the community of Willowbrook has been upgraded to a full boil-water notice by Interior Health and the RDOS. The advisory was first issued in December, after samples tested positive for low counts of total coliforms. The upgraded notice is in response to an emergency situation that has resulted in the […]

Mitchell’s Journey Part 6 of 7 Doubts increased for Mitchell during a class study of entropy. Known as the Second Law of Thermodynamics it plainly says that left to itself everything deteriorates or randomizes. What was organized or well-ordered becomes disordered. Without influence from outside itself the entity degenerates. The professor credited the sun with […]

Engine An engine is an energy converter. In an auto it converts gasoline into turning wheels. In an olde fashioned train locomotive the conversion was from coal to steam to turning wheels. So an engine needs fuel. An automobile engine uses the fuel to, along with pressure and a spark, make a string of small […]

AT THE OLIVER COMMUNITY CENTER A group of very dedicated women are making a difference in Oliver. This group was formed in 1991 and later became Women of Oliver for Women (WOW) so that they were able to keep all monies made by their Fundraisers to go to much needed projects right here in our […]