* The monthly average for illicit drug deaths for the first five months of 2019 (92 deaths/month) is down by approximately one-third from the same period in 2018 (130 deaths/month). * More than two-thirds of the illicit-drug deaths in the first five months of 2019 involved people aged 30 to 59 years, and males account […]

FortisBC electric rates will be changing on July 1 as part of a five-year process to gradually phase-in a single flat rate for residential customers and make other changes related to how rates are structured. Earlier this year, the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) approved these changes as part of FortisBC’s rate design application.“As we went […]

On Wednesday July 10th, 2019 at 06:10 PM a lone male approached an orchard owner south of Oliver and asked for assistance with his bicycle. While the orchard owner was distracted the male got into the orchard owner’s running vehicle and stole it, driving North towards Oliver on Hwy 97. Oliver RCMP intercepted the vehicle […]

Oliver & District Heritage Society has received $20,000 to restore the original wood windows of the 1924 BC Provincial Police building which houses the Oliver Museum, thanks to a generous grant from Heritage BC.  At 95 years old, the heritage building’s windows have become weathered and damaged by UV light, moisture, wear, and past painting. Putty, […]

Obituary for the late Laura Marie Gisler (nee Nunes) 1963 – 2019 I’m so glad we had this time together, just to have a laugh or sing a song. Seems we just get started and before you know it, comes the time we have to say so long.  ~ Carol Burnett  The daughter of immigrant […]

Eastside – Coffee – ice cream, flowers…. and much more to come………. Park Drive & Eastside Avenue – the new look The neighbourhood shows up for soft opening at 3pm Wednesday – more to come

The municipality of Summerland has hired a new chief administrative officer. ( ODN first in the valley to say – last administrator ousted.) Today the district the municipality announced  that Anthony Haddad was hired for the role, effective Aug. 20. Haddad has more than 10 years of senior management experience in local government, post-secondary and […]

  Here are some photos on our patio….. I have a question.  Have you heard any buzz about the elm beetles that are invading the area or is it just my place?  Over the past 15 years or so the river dyke has been invaded by the Russian Elm tree, which is now somehow green […]