By ROY WOOD Oliver council is likely to approve a proposal on Monday to urge the federal government to hold a regional referendum on establishing a national park reserve in the South Okanagan. At a meeting two weeks ago, a motion to write a letter to Ottawa asking for a referendum was defeated on […]
Archives for February 2019
by Pat Whalley
THOUGHTS ON SNOW “It’s snowing!” Those words used to instil immediate excitement and joy when I was a child. Waking up to snow was somewhat of an unusual event in northern England. We did get quite a lot of winter weather but it was more often sleet or wet snow that didn’t hang around […]
Premier’s People’s Choice Award
Tony Munday of Munday Media & Design was the successful winner of the Premiers’ People‘s Choice Category sponsored the Government of BC. The Premier’s People’s Choice Award celebrates BC’s amazing entrepreneurs by recognizing a small business that is at the heart of their community. The Premier’s People’s Choice Award is presented to a BC small […]
The Steele report
Last week I read the headline in the Oliver Daily News, this publication asking the question. Is there a housing shortage in the South Okanagan? The only town not experiencing a housing shortage is the ghost town of Barkerville. The truth is there is a housing shortage in BC and many parts of the country. […]
On the Sunnyside
Ductus Arteriosus What in the world is that?? In his book “Soul Survivor”, page 69, Philip Yancy writes about his interview with Dr. Paul Brand where the doctor describes a remarkable, crucial and timely event during the birth of a baby. When a fetus is developing, a bypass vessel called the ductus arteriosus routes […]
Down the aisle
Think about it with Joseph Seiler
Ninja A Ninja is a person deeply skilled in ancient martial arts. The name is a combination of two parts. Nin meant to persevere and in more modern times means to conceal and be stealthy. The second syllable, Ja, meant person. The ninja has also been associated with invisibility, a part of the stealth I […]
by Ava Grice
I am in Mrs. Basso’s Grade 6 class. Our class went to the ‘WE’ Day event in Vancouver in the fall which inspired me to organize a fast as I am very passionate about people in poverty. Oliver Elementary School is hosting a 24- hour fast for the grades 6’s and 7’s starting Wednesday, February […]