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 […]
Archives for 2018
Friday – begins three days of Remembrance on ODN
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.
Light up is two weeks away
Friday November 23 Oliver – Main Street Downtown
Rotating strikes hit Oliver at Post Office
Risk of flooding in the Oliver area – still real says RDOS
Emergency Operations Centre – update on Park Rill Catchment Flood Response Assessment Current Status: Flooding events on the Park Rill Watershed are not new, and for both 2017 and especially 2018, the events seem more egregious, affecting more people and damaging more property. The RDOS Response: By law, a regional district can only raise and […]
Over $75 thousand gifted to Oliver school food programme
Hester Creek Winery has been donating funds to Oliver Elementary School for a twice a week lunch food programme (Salad Bar) since 2012 with the gifting exceeding $75,000.00 Two cheques presented today at a well attended school student assembly with Hester Creek Winery President Mark Sheridan (left) on hand for the occasion. One cheque the […]
Pan o rama
by Paul Eby
Access to facility policies to be reviewed
The Oliver Parks and Recreation Society* says it will review policies after a Calgary teen hockey player with cerebral palsy was asked to leave a public skate over the weekend. Zaiden Burke took to a local group page on Facebook – Saturday – to complain about being kicked off the ice by an attendant about five minutes after […]