A blue heron at the river

Pacific Coast Militia Rangers posing in a field, positioned in two rows, circa 1940 – picture thought to have been taken in the Oliver area. Did the militia go to war or stand guard at home. No 48 squad called Testalinda/Oliver People identified in photo: Daerfler, Norman; Endreny, Andrew; Finch, Jim; Garward, Milton; Kelly, Bob […]

THE END OF AN ERA You have probably heard the joke….Marriage begins with two hearts and a diamond and ends with two clubs and a spade. Sounds funny until it becomes true. Our love story started with two teenagers thinking they would die if they couldn’t be together, so there was an engagement, a marriage, […]

More background Both the grandparents of Roxter lived in Penticton Jack and Jessie Lundy (more research On J.A. Lundy – John Abert or John Albert) ? and Otto and Martha Gaube evidence of that in the Penticton Cemetery. The picture shown earlier ….of a white man and a native person is of Otto Gaube, one […]

Update – see comments below story RCMP officers requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing Oliver resident. Karee Lynn Kamis was last seen on September 18, 2020 in the Penticton area and reported to officers as missing four days later. There is nothing to indicate foul play at this time and police believe she […]

Our Riding Boundary Similkameen Four contestants  NDP, Liberal, Conservative and Wexit…. no Green Party Roly Russell – NDP – Grand Forks Aryln Grieg – Wexit – Osoyoos Darryl Seres – Conservative – Langley Petra Veintimilla – Liberal – Oliver First in person voting experience Thursday October 15.   Below a list of candidates, agents and […]