Police looking to identify robbery suspect. RCMP are looking to identify a suspect who allegedly assaulted staff at an Oliver cannabis store, before stealing cannabis products. TEN DAYS AGO – On February 22nd, 2021, at 11:00 a.m., staff at the BC Cannabis store in Oliver, BC, reported a male entered their store, and after being […]
Archives for March 2021
Scams – via a phone call
I just got an entertaining call from someone in a foreign country that struggled her english She told me some unauthorized activity on my Visa card recently Do three things: Hang up Never give out any info Check your computer and the Visa card account in a normal fashion If you want to play along […]
by Bernard Bedard
Spring is on the way
Opiod deaths – the stats are not improving
Above a collage of pix of persons who died supplied by the BC Coroners Service Following a record-setting year in 2020, the BC Coroners Service reports 165 suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths in January 2021, the largest ever number of lives lost due to illicit drugs in the first month of a calendar year. ͞These […]
Two guns seized – one a sawed off shotgun outside Oliver bank
On March 2nd, 2021 at 120 pm, Oliver RCMP responded to a 911 report of a male who had a handgun in his waist band. The male was located outside of a bank on Main Street, with a second male, and both were immediately taken into custody for possessing a firearm. A sawed off shotgun, […]
by Laurence Crête
On Monday, March 1, 2020, Parks Canada hosted its second targeted meeting with specific Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen board members to provide an update on the proposed national park reserve in the South Okanagan-Similkameen. The meeting addressed progress in the negotiation of an establishment agreement and a number of questions raised by local residents. […]
Do you like bacon?
“Canadian bacon” or “Canadian-style bacon” is the American name for a form of back bacon that is cured, smoked and fully cooked, trimmed into cylindrical medallions, and thickly sliced. “Canadian” bacon is made only from the lean eye of the loin and is ready to eat. Its flavor is described as more ham-like than other […]
Poll
I am becoming a little bit frustrated. Many Oliver businesses are failing, reducing hours, closing at the worst. But…. they do not or did not advertise. 90 percent of my customers are still holding up well…… too many to mention – too many to write their story. Take the poll on the right – up […]