Just four weeks to go until the Oliver Roots and Fruits Expo, an all day, free-to-all, fun for all ages celebration of Oliver, its agriculture and its history. This year’s line-up of activities and entertainment is HUGE: non-stop music and entertainment on two stages, an Oliver’s Got Talent show, mechanical bull riding, pie eating contest, […]

  This is only for the first half of 2018. The column is fees.   Here are the same period for Osoyoos  

It was such an awesome concert this weekend! The Back Alley Concert (July21) with The Slamdogs at Firehall Brewery, second of the 2018 Series, went like a dream! THANK YOU everyone who came out for an awesome summer evening. There’s only one more Series Concert to go: Back Alley Concert Aug 11th with Floyd Meets […]

    From Giants Head looking to North  – Rattlesnake Mtn. on right Rural RDOS Evacuation Orders and Alerts Within the rural RDOS, 5 properties remain on Evacuation Order and 92 properties remain under Evacuation Alert due to the Mount Eneas wildfire along Highway 97 north of Summerland and the Meadow Valley area north west of […]

Penticton Airport Saturday One of the big guys taking off for fire-fighting shift. Helicopter info: 1979 Sikorsky S-61N, capacity up to 30 passengers, rotor diameter 62ft,  maximum speed 267 kph, powerplant: 2 x General Electric CT58-140 turboshafts, 1120 kW each. (Info from Canadian helicopters website)

Mark your calendars  – Saturday August 18th The countdown is on: there are less than five weeks to go until Oliver’s second annual Roots and Fruits Expo, Saturday, August 18th! The Expo is an all day, free-to-all, fun for all ages celebration of Oliver, its agriculture and its history. The day kicks off at 10:30am […]