New pilot group called CreateAbility. This program started as a pilot program in October of 2017 with support from the Oliver Community Art Council. The concept was to provide adults with mental and physical disabilities the opportunity to explore art as a creative outlet in a supportive environment. Instructors and supplies were gathered, adapted and […]

Pictured Annual General Meeting of the Oliver Parks and Recreation Society. Executive: Sheila Lange re-elected Chair Dennis Magoffin elected Vice-Chair Tamela Edwards elected Secretary Other members of the Board: Marvin Louie, Larry Schwartzenberger, Rick Knodel, Helene Urcullu, Rachel Allenbrand Annual Meeting was followed by a regular Board Meeting A request to use the grounds for […]

Road has been closed for four days due to a mudslide that caused serious damage to the pavement.

  By ROY WOOD What could have been a grumpy clash between townsfolk and Osoyoos council on Monday turned into more of a preview of what might happen when someone tries to open a drug rehab house in the town. More than 40 people jammed the council chamber for a public hearing on a so-called […]

Drag racers ignore Mother Nature’s slow start to spring   The time has come, for all the kids who’ve been good throughout the winter and worked on their drag cars, to head out to the Osoyoos airport and have some fun. Though Mother Nature seems to be taking her sweet time in gearing spring up […]

Residents of early Penticton, who documented life at the turn of the century, estimate that there were eighty four-horse and six-horse freight outfits supplying the mines to the south from the wharves in Penticton. This is about the same number of eighteen wheelers operating in and out of Penticton supplying goods to the city today. J.A. […]