The Seventh Day Adventist Church is opening its doors in Oliver and Osoyoos as an extreme cold weather shelter to bring people experiencing homelessness in from the frigid cold temperatures that have hit the south Okanagan. The temperature is predicted to dip down to -12 C tonight and as low as -21 C on Thursday. The […]
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by Sandra Smith
216cm base – a healthy one – 100cms new in the last week.
by Lin Brian
HOW ARE YOU TODAY? A very loaded question, “How are you today?” When I know full well the answer they expect is, “I’m O.K.” They don’t want to hear that my left breast has two lumps. They don’t want to hear that all my children have the mumps. Not for them the news that my […]
No decision on cold weather shelter at United Church
Update from T of O CAO Cathy Cowan: They…..Council have postponed consideration of the motion to allow the Cold Weather Shelter committee to undertake the development of a plan and implement policies and procedures. They have requested that the Committee (formed aftera public forum meeting) – continue to look for possible alternative sites as well. […]
Covid update
“Today, we are reporting on three periods. From Feb. 5 to 6, we had 428 new cases. From Feb. 6 to 7, we had 465 new cases and in the last 24-hours, we had a further 343 new cases. “This results in a total of 1,236 new cases, including five epi-linked cases, for a total […]
Found – RCMP provide no detail
Keremeos – Public assistance is wanted in locating female youth: Mia Aiyana Holmes RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance in locating, Mia Aiyana Holmes, age 12, of Keremeos, BC. Ms. Holmes was last seen on February 8th, 2021, and is believed to be traveling in a vehicle driven by a male on the way […]
Shots fire, firearm seized, blood on faces caused by fighting
Title: Oliver RCMP respond to reports of shots fired The Oliver RCMP are investigating after receiving reports of shots fired from a residence in a neighbourhood on the Osoyoos Indian Band. (Last year a young man shot and killed at this location) On February 7th, 2021 shortly after 2:00 a.m., the Oliver RCMP responded to […]
