Saturday, August 18th Oliver’s Roots and Fruits Expo! The Oliver Parade starts at 10:30 am and runs up Main and down Station Street. Immediately following the parade, come on down to the Oliver Community Park for a full day of free, fantastic entertainment at the Oliver Roots and Fruits Expo.   The Expo is a […]

Starts at 10:30 am Best view all along Main Street – Similkameen Ave to Veterans Way Barricades go up early – traffic to be diverted onto Okanagan Street The annual Sunshine Festival Rotary Parade, bring dad, the kids, bring a lawn chair and come early to get a good view. After that come down to the […]

Experts might say the atmosphere is saturated with smoke from all over and is causing its own weather patterns. Here is the local fire map showing large fires to the west of us in the Similkameen. The south Okanagan looks pretty good at the moment. One commentary was that smoke lowers the heat and stops […]

Time: 2:45 am Saturday Location – east side of Black Sage Rd – down the hill from Nk’Mip Rd about a third of a mile. Car exploded several times during my time on scene tires blowing and spreading debris Plan of attack – put out the grass fire first – let the car burn itself […]