Moment To say ‘I’m having a moment’ is meant to let you know that I am feeling deeply, am unlikely to talk with you, and am inside my thoughts, reflecting, experiencing, floating somehow in an other worldly way. To ask you to give me a moment I’m asking for time to get ready to interact […]

Pre-school Graduation at Oliver Elementary – a proud moment for teachers, students, parents and grandparents. Soon it will be Grade 12  

A grad tradition says Principal Tracy Harrington. Those graduating with cars – parking askew. A tradition I don’t member – we had an older school, gravel parking lot and most students did not own cars.

One main item of business for Monday’s council meeting in Oliver – completion of the Spartan Street sidewalk project that will cover the last leg of a long process to encompass the schools’ playfields. Contractor cost $218,610 (Mike Johnson Excavating Ltd) – total budget $231,00. Only one contractor bid on the job. The project is over […]

Development Variance Permit Application — Electoral Area “C” Purpose: To vary the parcel coverage for buildings and structures in an agricultural zone. Owners: David & Wanda Casorso – 164 Secrest Hill Rd OCP: Agriculture (AG) Zone: Agriculture Two (AG2) Variance Request: To vary the maximum parcel coverage from 3% to 17%. Administrative Recommendation: That the APC […]

“Finally got some shots of the Sandhill Crane family with both colts. They are called colts because their legs are so long when they hatch. The smaller one is now 8 days old, and the larger one is 10. The parents are amazing and attend to their every need, and protection against predators. When they […]

The Ripoff Artists are singing the praises of Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991). In dynamic colourful style, Tamayo combined Mexican subject matter and the earthy solid shapes of Aztec and Mayan art with the forms and styles of artists like Picasso and Matisse. The Ripoff Artists will compose their own tributes to Tamayo’s 1981 painting […]

RDOS – Regional District – Okanagan Similkameen Princeton almost to Manning Park to top of Anarchist Mountain to north end of Summerland, Naramata, OK Falls, Olalla, Twin Lakes, Apex, White Lake, Willowbrook, Kaleden, Testalinda, OIB reserve, PIB reserve, Hedley, Cawston, Keremeos, Osoyoos, our little Oliver –  and then of course the big brute PENTICTON. 18 […]