Signs to urge Covid-19 safety among pickers Oliver will install large bilingual signs in appropriate locations urging transient agricultural workers to be aware and respectful of social distancing and gathering-size guidelines in the fight against Covid-19. The decision came after a council discussion around concerns in the community about the itinerant fruit pickers, mainly from […]
Archives for 2020
Oliver Rotary to fund youth projects
The Rotary Club of Oliver is holding a lottery to raise funds for local youth projects. There are only 400 tickets, hence the name, ‘The 400 Club’. Commencing in July, there will be two draws each week for the following 52 weeks. It is a lottery with a twist. After each draw, the winning ticket […]
Central BC on Flood Watch
No other part of BC is identified in the same way In the Whistler/Squamish area – parts of the area very dry and the location of early forest fires – man made and causing some home evacuations. As to local weather – a warming trend heading towards Summer – rain still mentioned with snow at […]
“Hey we are both lookin’ the same way”
COOT by Jeremy Cook
A few sobering thoughts, statistics, numbers – no emotion
Disclaimer: All of this info is from the BC Government Some translation by a professional educator in Vancouver Information below is calculated from BC Centre for Disease Control surveillance report – Daily Report April 17/20 Population of British Columbia – 5, 100, 000 or 5.1 million People in B.C. – age 0 – 60 – […]
Oh my…..deer
Is that Darlene – sitting in the car…. they are so far away Photos by John Chapman – on the Fairview slopes. To many of us …..living in the Meadows…. seeing a deer, talking with them, telling them to get off the road etc. is common in Oliver – to others seeing a grouping like […]
a report from Turtle Bay
Saturday morning one of the Pelicans of a group of 23 on Tucelnuit Lake decided to take advantage of the wind. He performed quite the high aerial act right above our house. It was so bright I accidentally clipped a little of his wing when I snapped this photo. We dream that all the Pelican […]
by Pat Whalley
FOLLOWING THE RULES I have always been a fairly law abiding citizen and try to keep my nose clean. Although I frequently question what […]