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Parking lot full – standing room only – it is a WOW experience
For a bottle of wine – always Oliver always VQA Name these three women at the WOW show – on now – Saturday only in beautiful and snowy downtown Oliver Folks I have to give this wine to Russell Work he has a secret machine for monitor wine contests on ODN and use his super […]
by Pat Whalley
VALENTINES DAY, HEARTS AND FLOWERS…or not Another Valentines Day came and went, nothing from the postman or even left on the kitchen table, but this is normal for us. I am probably married to one of the most unromantic men in the world. I have absolutely no doubt that he loves me but he feels […]
Is there a housing crisis in the South Okanagan?
The Parliament of Canada Video Link: https://youtu.be/onfITQScBHc The full text is in the video Below excepts chosen by the editor Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin by thanking the member for Saskatoon West for bringing forward this important motion on Canada’s housing crisis and what the government should […]
On the Sunnyside
Lost Opportunity Mark Twain, the author, was approached by a man who wanted him to invest in a project he was pursuing. Twain listened for a while but then shook his head, saying, “I can’t afford to do that. I’ve been burned too often. I can’t risk putting any more money into someone else’s plan.” […]
Weigh in you like…….
During Sarah Boyles address about the National Park Reserve (NPR) to Oliver Town Council (1:12 mark in video) on February 11th, she let a nugget of information loose that perhaps residents of the South Okanagan Similkameen would like to take a moment to consider with more scrutiny. Ms. Boyle stated that Parks Canada had received […]
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Progress – building centre to be constructed – museum to move to better digs
*** A year ago – a report from Roy Wood Osoyoos Museum and Archives gets ready to move to the current Home Building Centre on Main Street.Museum board president Mat Hassen stated that $685,000 of the $2.5 million budget is in hand in the form of cash, committed donations and projected income. Now begins the task […]