Area 27 – Super League Triathlon We are super excited to announce an absolutely stunning venue for the Friday Bike Time Trial. Adding yet more excitement to Super League Triathlon Penticton is the addition of Area 27, which will see athletes race around the beautifully paved motorsport track located just south of Penticton in Olver.

New Fire – Can’t see much… Labelled Baldy FSR, 2.1 hectares August 12 and now Tuesday morning shows as 8.5HA About 3:30 – one forestry truck parked at the logging road just on the Oliver side of the Gregoire Creek S curve, at McKinney Road. Two more crew trucks and a water tender heading up. […]

And that’s a wrap folks! Another Firehall Brewery Back Alley Concert Series under our belts. And it was a great season, with new bands, new wineries and cideries, and new faces in the crowd, along with the familiar faces of friends, family, and associates like Dubh Glas Distillery and Vagabond Kitchen. Last Saturday’s concert was […]

In the Nanaimo area by Duncan Speight

Elaine Phyllis Shannon June 21 1922- August 9 2018 An Oliver pioneer, Elaine was born in the South Okanagan to parents George and Phyllis Curbishley.　 Elaine’s family moved to Los Angeles and returned to Oliver in 1933. Following high school graduation, she studied at a Business College in Vancouver then worked in the office at […]

Saturday was the annual Persied meteor shower and Open House at White Lake Radio Observatory, Due to the very dry weather and the high fire risk, before anyone was allowed into the observatory grounds, Argo Road Maintenance had large tankers spraying water on to the car park to avoid the possibility of  fire. When I […]