Don’t call Jack Bennest a blogger. He will correct you. “Websites are what they’re called, websites. Blogs, they become just another idiot on the internet,” he said from his home in Oliver Friday. Bennest, a former broadcast journalist with CKNW in Vancouver and CBC in both Vancouver and Edmonton, founded his all-news website a decade […]
Archives for June 2021
Notice from Oliver’s Food Bank
Due to the current heat wave, on June 30 (only) Oliver Food Bank will open at 8:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.
Council highlights
June 28, 2021 2020 Annual Report – Council endorsed the 2020 Annual Report which was made available for public inspection on June 9, 2021. 2020 was the 75th Anniversary of Incorporation, and alongside the Financial Statements, Permissive Tax Exemptions, Department Updates, Performance Measures and Objectives, in the 2020 Annual Report, many historic images have been […]
RCMP reports
Between Thursday evening and this morning at 730am, Oliver and Osoyoos RCMP had over 100 calls for service. 2021-2807 Impaired On Thursday evening at 940pm, Police observed a 1998 Chev pickup pull into an Oliver business. The 37 year old male driver was found to be impaired by alcohol after failing a breath test roadside. […]
Fires in the neighbourhood
Highway 97 near Peachland closed
“Rats” !! Council to discuss today
Oliver Council asked staff to come back and identify and explain the current “Pest Management Practices” which originated from a recent email dated June 2, 2021 from Sara Dubois, BC SPCA regarding the use of rodenticides on Town properties and for Council to explore creating a bylaw and policy to develop a pest management policy. […]
Best I could find for “cool” owl!
By Bernard Bedard
This might cool you down
by Jack Bennest



