Residents on Fife Road near Christina Lake in the West Kootenay region of B.C. awoke Monday to a frightening scene as water and debris inundated their properties. The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) issued evacuation orders for three homes after a nearby creek (an off shoot of Baker Creek) […]
Archives for April 2021
The Steele report
From darlings to devils such is the fate of a number of Canada’s premiers. When COVID began some leaders chose to invoke stiff restrictions to curb the spread and other were timid and didn’t want to take a measure of backlash. It must be understood people were ready for leaderships save a few who are […]
Monday – weekend report of local RCMP
2021-1661 Single Vehicle Accident On April 24th at 1553 hrs, Oliver RCMP responded to assist the Oliver Fire Dept for a single vehicle MVI on Hwy 97 in the 5400 block. A blue Dodge pickup was traveling north when witnesses observed it suddenly veer off the road into a power pole. EHS transported the 55yr […]
Passive Park Rill – crossing Park Rill Rd.
One Hundred X One Hundred – stories performed
X̌CƏCIKST X X̌CƏCIKST PROJECT Venables Theatre and the Oliver One Hundred X One Hundred Project committee are excited to announce a Storytellers Series. We are looking for interested parties to share their stories of life in Oliver and the Ancestral, Traditional and Unceded Territory of the Syilx Peoples of the Okanagan Nation. We are aiming […]
Creeks – ODN on patrol – part one
Vaseux Creek at Gallagher Lake Okanagan River at Deer Park All waterways ok, no flooding, normal runoff
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Monday Covid report
“There are 8,199 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 12,340 people under public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases. A further 116,241 people who tested positive have recovered. “Of the active cases, 484 individuals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 158 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining […]