In Loving Memory of Cornie (Cornelius) Zacharias (1937 – 2018) Cornie Zacharias of Oliver, BC, passed away suddenly on Sunday February 11, 2018. He is survived by wife Eva, son Vaughn (Darlene), daughters Wendy (Dave) and Tammy (Rick), grandchildren Amy, Adam, Hannah, Zack, Gregory, Katharine, Olivia and Emma, brother Henry (Lorraine), and sisters Leona, Evelena, […]
Archives for 2018
On the way up
Recent Osoyoos Secondary Graduate Jordan Schulting has committed to play NCAA Division 1 Hockey at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell for the 2019-20 season. Upon returning from a recruiting visit at the end of January, Schulting accepted a scholarship to play for the Riverhawks, which is about 30 minutes from Boston. UMass Lowell has a […]
Over 68% of target group vaccinated- Meningitis outbreak deemed to be at an end
Interior Health is declaring an end to the meningococcal outbreak in the Okanagan. Over 14,000 Okanagan residents aged 15-19 are now protected against meningococcal disease, of which 11,417 immunizations administered as part of the outbreak—the highest number of total immunizations given as part of an Interior Health-declared outbreak. “The Office of the Provincial Health Officer […]
Council – heading off to jail
Wednesday February 21 – Oliver Town Council will convene a priorities session in the Board Room of the Okanagan Correctional Centre. Once before Council organized a Town Council meeting outside Town boundaries – at the band office on the Osoyoos Indian Reserve.
Letter to the editor
From: Rick Knodel All the small wineries in B.C. should be sending Rachel Notley a bottle of their best wine. In less than a week she has done a better job of promoting worldwide our fine wineries than the B.C. Governments have been able to do in the last twenty years and all at no […]
by John Kiss
Apple juice in a can – made right here in Oliver “Besides the Packing Houses, we had a SUN-RYPE Juice Plant in Oliver. It was located directly South of the Oliver Co-Operative Growers Exchange Packing House. It had a gigantic press, that pressed the juice out of the apples. The juice was processed and for […]
Vaseux Lake Rd – before pavement
Large format positive from scanner – date unknown thought to be circa 1935 – power and telephone poles and wires across lake indicate infrastructure to KVR. Stocks collection OATS
Oliver from the sky
Dave West collection – date unknown OATS