Photo credit: Shari Saysomsack Photography Left to right Myaia Koenig, Kael Koteles, Sharon Grewal and Phat Thai *** Friday August 16 7pm Venables Theatre – Speech and Presentation Saturday August 17 6:30 pm Venables Theatre – Coronation and Awards   Outgoing Oliver Ambassadors Enola Mills, Jennifer Zepeda, and Avnit Sidhu  

Women of Oliver for Women (WOW) and the Oliver Community Arts Council are co-hosting the Mad Hats High Tea at the Roots & Fruits Festival in the Community hall, Saturday August 17 from 2 – 4 pm. Terry and Holly are all set with their fancy hats to serve tea, or help make a “mad […]

The U.S. Geological Survey reports that a 2.6-magnitude earthquake hit 18 km northwest of Oliver at 9:45 a.m. The depth of the epicenter was listed as 5.9 km and the travel time was listed at .69 seconds. No confirmation yet from Canadian earthquake watchers. Reports of a loud bang and a shake of the house […]

Conditions were cool again today and no significant fire growth occurred. The fire remains classified as out of control and is 2,632 hectares in size. While cooler conditions have decreased the amount of visible smoke, please be advised that this is still an active wildfire and smoke could be visible again due to a planned […]

“We would like to thank our crews for their continued hard work in steep and rocky terrain, and to the communities surrounding this fire for welcoming them with kindness and support.” BC Wildfire Service – Forestry

Picture by Jessica Mayhew. Mysteries: Location – choice – burnt out trees near roadside – not connected to recent Forest Fire The people involved are out of town fire department personnel helping BC Wildfire Service if structures are threatened.

Back Burning or a controlled burn 2632 hectare sized fire Cloudy and cool Sunday 170 fire fighters on the ground