Fall Art Show and Sale “flows” with art Overflowing with creativity, Oliver’s 35th annual Fall Art Show and Sale welcomes art lovers -NEXT- weekend. The multimedia arts event includes photography, fibre art, three-dimensional art, watercolours, oils, acrylics, mixed / other media, and two categories for youth. In the competitive portion, a flood of 113 works […]

Thanks to the Kiwanis Club of Oliver, a new bariatric bed for very large patients is being purchased for South Okanagan General Hospital.  Kiwanis members Allan Close (centre left), Rosemary Pritchard and Leonard Gebhart (right) present a cheque for more than $22,000 to Interior Health’s Sara Evans (left) and Carey Bornn of the South Okanagan […]

My wife Claire and I moved to Oliver 27 years ago from Calgary.  After 44 years of marriage, we have 3 grown children who all graduated from SOSS and 7 wonderful grandchildren. In September of 2013, I was honoured to be elected to Town Council in a by-election and re-elected in November of 2014. I […]

Turn the light down a bit and bring up the colour

The long, hot summer nights may be in the rearview mirror for the Okanagan valley, but the drag racing season is far from over. Wine Country Racing Association (WCRA) volunteers are hard at work, getting set for the annual Car Club Challenge. The 9th installment of the valley-wide rumble is on the horizon. The weekend […]

Fair The very idea of ‘fair’ is a tricky one. When something is deemed to be fair, someone has decided that there is no unjust advantage to any of the parties involved. Hmmmm? Not many situations can make that standard. Someone is not quite agreeing that the decision is fair. So full on, completely fair […]