Now it is raining Snow or Rain go for my lawn, the aquifers below. Now for some serious drought planning in the wet zone.

Today Periods of wet snow mixed with rain ending late this afternoon then partly cloudy. Wind south 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming north 20 then light late this afternoon. High plus 3. UV index 1 or low. Tonight Partly cloudy. Becoming cloudy near midnight. Low zero.

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 97 celebrates Remembrance Day at local schools – this picture of a ceremony and musical assembly at Oliver Elementary School Colour Guard seated with students participating in a program that involved the reading of “In Flanders Field, 100 bell ringings as this year is the One Hundredth anniversary of the end […]

100 Youth for Change, a brand new youth charity, founded by Enola Mills and Bridget Miller held its first event Thursday After canvassing both Oliver elementary schools, and promoting this opportunity the youth were able to raise $1,220 for ‘Anyone Can Join’ by Parks and Recreation! We had 9 youth show their support today, plus […]

Story updated: Contractor doing more culvert work on Sportsman’s Bowl Road today. Crews will also clear rocks adjacent to the road to allow the highways department to plow snow into the culvert south of the roadway during the winter months. This appears to be temporary work with no concrete plan yet on options: 1. Permanent […]

Reginald F. (Rex) Child Sunday Nov 11 marks a 100 years since the end of WW1.  With the end of hostilities soldiers that had survived the war returned home.  Some came to the south Okanagan looking for a new life. Reginald F. (Rex) Child was one of Oliver’s first residents.  Rex was born in Sooke, […]

Lest we forget… what? The annual parade and ceremony of Remembrance is, on the day of, a time to remember and honour those who have served and especially those who have died, in a War. What ought we remember on the other 364 days of our years? Where do Wars come from? Leaders of countries […]

Each day there will be a column, a picture, a story, a feature that honour soldiers that fought in foreign lands to protect our nation and its people. Saturday we will post a schedule of Legion organized activities on Sunday.