30 years ago Donna Pringle, who was already an international award winning quilt artist, put a small classified ad in the Oliver Chronicle asking if anyone was interested in forming a quilting guild. On Oct. 8th, 1987, 11 ladies and 1 man showed up for the first meeting at the Oliver Library reading room. Their […]

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SOUTH OKANAGAN CONCERT SOCIETY 2017-2018 SEASON Imagine yourself in November facing the early gloom of another dark evening. Flash to another scene. It’s you on Friday, November 10th arriving into the bright lights of the opulent Venables Theatre, meeting friends and hunkering down as the Piano Cameleons, a talented pair on two grand pianos, tackle […]

Contest One can contest the declared outcome of a contest. Whoa. A contest is a competition with rules of play and a winner and the rest of the players are referred to as the losers. The players are contestants. When the winner is declared someone might, for some reason, believe the judge made an error […]

Who is ready to run and drink wine this upcoming weekend?! Oliver, BC is the place to be this weekend and the weather is looking FANTASTIC. With the 1st Annual Baldy Marathon kicking off on Oct 1st, followed by the renown Festival of the Grape, there is no time for hesitation- register for the Baldy […]