Attraction There is a movie called The Secret about the Law of Attraction. It was wildly popular a few years ago because it promised we could have anything we wanted, if we just followed the formula. The movie featured an example of a man who had crashed his small plane and not expected to live […]
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The “arts” in the news
Thanks to the Oliver Community Arts Council and its members
Silver medal for SO team at bantam tournament in Castlegar
South Okanagan Bantam Recreation Hockey Team got silver medals at Castlegar Hockey Tournament last weekend. All players showed amazing hockey, good behavior on the ice and great efforts. Thanks a lot to the coaches and to all parents and family members who came to support our team. Way to go South OK!!! Submitted by Olga […]
by Bill Greer
“Mourning Dove in the morning sun” Until five years ago or so the Mourning Dove was a common sighting…However, the influx of the Eurasian Collared Dove at that time displaced the Mourning Dove so it is now a rare sighting… So it is now rather exciting to see these gorgeous birds !
Update – man sought comes forward to police
Update – Man identified in Oliver suspicious occurrence Police have positively identified the individual associated to the vehicle involved in the report of a suspicious occurrence incident Wednesday morning in Oliver. Police are satisfied through discussions with all those involved that the man’s intentions were not criminal in nature. “Oliver RCMP would like to thank […]
Study in weather patterns paid for by 3 Okanagan Regional Districts
This is a long read but may be of interest to some. It predicts the changes we and our children will see in the next 30-50 years – that can, will, might affect seasonal temperatures, growing seasons, floods, fires, and super hot temperatures. Drought is one of the concerns and the effects of […]
Cloudy skies – some sun on the weekend
To fix or replace? Repairs and modernization required
A number of people met Tuesday to discuss the future of the Oliver Arena which functions fairly well but is getting older – day by day – and that brings with it maintenance costs that escalate over the years along with – keeping up to “code” standards that change over time. Mayor Martin Johansen and […]