In BC Total cases 34,728 with 24,424 recovered 337 in hospital with 79 of those in ICU Total deaths 469 Interior Health only Total cases 1899 with 1326 recovered 18 in hospital with 0 in ICU Total deaths 3 (remains the same)
Archives for December 2020
by Curtis Zutz
A steller’s Jay Great capture – hopefully one of many from Curtis
The Steele report
Today I thought I would focus on the Oliver Daily News and my impressions of it. First off it’s new technology true, but it takes me back more than fifty years. It is a real reflection of small town BC and that is a good thing as small towns are really the communities that anchor […]
Overnight fire north of Oliver
At about 20 minutes to 1 am today – units of the Oliver Fire Department dispatched to Secrest Hill Rd. A small camper unit on pipe stilts had been abandoned on the bowl side of the road – just west of Loose Bay. It burst into flames. Cause not known It took fire fighters about […]
Osoyoos CU closed
“We understand how important it is to be transparent right now which is why we wanted to give you an important update about our operations and recent exposure. One of our staff (who doesn’t interact with the public in branch) tested positive for COVID-19. They are now self-isolating at home and will be doing so […]
BC history – designer of SFU dies at age 96
Son of a Hollywood actor. Veteran of WW 2 Partner to Arthur Erickson in the 60 and 70’s Geoffrey Massey helped design projects like Simon Fraser University and the MacMillan Bloedel Building. As a Vancouver city councillor with Art Phillips and TEAM in 1972, he was part of a political movement that put a stop […]
Oliver retail store targeted by thieves with “masks”
Break and Enter and Theft of Glasses In the early morning of Thursday November 26, 2020, two male suspects gained entry into Grapevine Optical in Oliver. They stole a quantity of Oakley, Ray Ban and Zeal eyewear. Keeping with COVID protocols they were wearing masks. If anyone has any information concerning the identity of these […]
Covid 19 Info
UPDATE on IH numbers: IH is reporting 83 new cases overnight, for a total of 1,833 535 cases are active and in isolation Eighteen people are in hospital. Four are in ICU. Total number of deaths in IH remains at three. Provincially 656 new cases for a total of 33, 94 but 23, 774 have recovered 16 new deaths to report for a total of […]