Busy year for the local Oliver Fire Department with Chief Bob Graham attending the regular meeting of council Monday night to comment on the annual report issued December 31st. Graham told council 2019 one of busiest years ever with 205 calls – 89 in Town, 81 Rural and 35 on OIB Land. Of the 205 […]
Archives for January 2020
Jobs
Exciting Job Opportunities at Osoyoos Desert Society Osoyoos Desert Society (ODS) was founded in 1991 to conserve the biologically rich and diverse habitats of British Columbia’s southern interior. Through its conservation, restoration and education efforts, the Society strives to generate public knowledge, respect and active concern for the South Okanagan’s fragile and endangered ecosystems. In […]
Last day of January – mark your calendar
Mark Friday, January 31st on your calendar and don’t miss Lizzy Hoyt in concert at Venables Theatre, Oliver. Arriving under the auspices of the South Okanagan Concert Society, Lizzy has a crystalline voice of rare beauty. Acclaimed as a songwriter and a multi instrumentalist on fiddle, guitar and Celtic harp, she delivers soaring melodies rooted […]
Martha
ODN is paid to post obituaries Sometimes family members are given the option of what is published where. In this instance the family of Martha ……….chose to utilize Oliver Daily News… but that is not what this all about. Martha was a part of our team at Riverside Villas …. I had moved here in […]
Vines? Fruit trees? – How cold is too cold….?
*** Canada Weather (Environment Canada) was predicting a Tuesday temperature of minus 26 Celsius. I was raised as a teen on an orchard but profess no knowledge about root stock, buds, or damage to wood during a deep freeze. So two things I consulted a long standing orchardist and packinghouse operator ODN wants this […]
….and he said hoot hoot
The owl in the back yard on Island Road. submitted by Frank Halliburton
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Osoyoos Blues Society and Venables Theatre Presentation TICKETS- Adult $30, Students $20 BUY TICKETS HERE Angelique Francis is a versatile and exceptionally gifted musician with talent that is way beyond her years. This multi-talented, multi-instrumentalist, multi-genre singer song writer and composer has wowed audiences across the globe with her electrifying performances, instrumental abilities and powerful […]
As Yoda might say….
Windy Night That it was…. and I say…. Tuesday to be cold