Firefighters dispatched at about 1:30 pm Thursday to an Oliver location – off Sawmill Rd at Circle Drive Police confirm no injuries or deaths Home heavily damaged Residents given aid by Emergency Social Services. Oliver Fire Department released this information: OFD responded in the early afternoon to find a fully involved fire and had to […]
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Major structure fire in Oliver Thursday afternoon – Circle Drive
Walking on colour
Where – did you say !
The Steele report
I heard the biggest understatement of the year the other day. Justin Trudeau, said his vacation trip to Tofino was a mistake. Really? Here is the guy who placed truth and reconciliation on the front burner throughout the election campaign and actually creates a holiday to stress its importance, going off on a private vacation. […]
News for cave dwellers – stay at home – don’t go to a care facilty
Since December 2020, the Province has administered 7,908,832 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. There is about 5 million people in BC – about 500 thousand not “jabbed” BUT as stated below – outbreaks and cases are highlited by the Ministry of Health as care facilities within ITS control. In the past 24 […]
Rob Somerville
I go back a long way with the Somerville’s Audrye was a friend of my mom Don Somerville (owner and publisher of Oliver Chronicle) hired me as a cub reporter before I went on to Vancouver. Rob printed all my election material and stationery for Oliver Daily News 1984-2014 Rob and I discussed his children […]
Art from fire
by Edwin Dukes Thomas Creek Fire at OK Falls
Chief Louie wants to meet with Royal Canadian Legion
“I would like to talk about the possibility of relocating the Veteran’s Monument down from the reserve for Ernest Baptiste – to move it to the band office and of course involve the local branch of the Legion” Chief Clarance Louie Corporal Ernie Batiste George December 13, 1944 Age: 26 Army Unit Lanark & Renfrew […]