A big thank you to the ladies at the Oliver Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Store for supporting Mrs. Basso’s Grade 6 class at Oliver Elementary School with socks, mitts, scarves and toques. The collection runs until the end of October and will then be taken to disadvantaged people in  downtown Eastside Vancouver by the Penticton Vees […]

Time: Just after 4:00 Friday afternoon Location: Black Sage Road – straight part of road south of Saskatoon Avenue Large truck rolled into vineyard west of road Driver got out and was treated by EMS Crew Police and Fire Department on the scene

A 65 year old Oliver resident was evacuated from a mountainside overlooking Cawston BC Wednesday by a PENSAR heli rescue team. Randy Brown – SAR Manager advised that the Victoria Emergency Coordination Centre called PENSAR shortly after 2:00 P.M. when a 911 call requesting medical assistance from an injured hunter was received. The Oliver resident had […]

Assurance When I assure you of something, like I assure you that I did lock the door, I am telling you that I guarantee something. Assurance can be comforting. If I feel assured, about the door for instance, I needn’t squirm over it, or give it more thought, because it is all but certain. Tony […]

Automate Your Savings  We’ve all heard it before.  “Pay yourself first and save the rest”, and “Save 10% of everything you earn” but in reality we also know it sounds a whole lot easier than it actually is. As Canadians we have many admirable qualities, but the ability to save isn’t one of them.  In […]