Both from the John Kiss collection Below Dal Carter and Johnny Shippit

Date of this fire 1975 Collen’s Department Store – photo by John Kiss Below – we do not know the date so the question is “what is the origin of this underground creek?” –  that exits the plateau below the Chevron area and flows to the river. DQ is there or the building shell – […]

Has the Oliver price of gasoline gone up? Sky high? Watching the news on TV and in Vancouver – the price has risen to +1.50 a litre with more increases expected before summer. Many reasons given: value of our dollar, carbon taxes,  refineries shutting down to refit, etc. I filled up quickly today. The lady […]

Long overdue move, Brian Highley will steer the ship at the Oliver Chronicle. Titled Publisher – he will continue his present duties with Aberdeen Publishing doing specialized advertising projects. Editor Lyonel Doherty continues writing and putting the paper together and says more news is coming but with larger fonts – it will take more pages to print the […]

Dave Mattes: won – votes 365  with expenses $81.76 on a brochure – 50 value for using signs used previously Aimee Grice: 1st runner up votes 197 with expenses $948.25 – with the largest amount spent on postage of a flyer Peter McKenna: 2nd runner up votes 101 – did not file a disclosure statement barring […]

2018 Directors: Brian Highley, Alberto Veintimilla, Marnie Dirksen, Kendi Clearwater, Aimee Grice, Dermott Hutton, Wallace Murray, and Kevin Primeau   2017: Director: Brian Highley, Alberto Veintimilla, Peter McKenna, Eileen McGinn, Mike Campol, Deanie Foley-Gilliespie, Veronica Ving and Chad Dambrowitz. Previous to this election: Executive Director Denise Blashko resigned along with Directors Sara Amos, Doug Lamb and […]

The panel will be chaired by Chris Trumpy, former deputy minister of finance who worked underNDP and Liberal governments and who also led the government’s fiscal review of Crown corporations last fall. Joining him on the panel will be Piet Langstraat, superintendent of the Greater Victoria School District; Flavia Coughlan, secretary-treasurer at the Maple Ridge […]