January 19 Families + Curling = Fun! The Oliver Curling Club just hosted a Family Fun Day on January 19th. Over 50 people turned out at the Eastlink Curling Centre, including kids as young as 4 and their parents, grandparents and friends. We even had visitors from Omak and Seattle! The day began with a […]

Jan 12, 2019 my son was involved in a single vehicle accident in Kamloops on his way home from work at New Gold Mine – recently hired at. My son grew up in Hedley and graduated in Keremeos. He had lived in Oliver with his fiancé Denise Lalonde and worked on the Stelkia Ranch. Denise […]

Town of Oliver’s list of General Fund – Capital Projects approved: Earle Crescent Resurfacing – Okanagan Street to Veterans Avenue to Kootenay Street $600 thousand Veterans Avene & Church Avenues – resurfacing $148 thousand Airport Street – Lane rehab – Skagit Avenue to Road 1 – $138K Tuc-El-Nuit Elementary – Parking & Sidewalk – $66K […]

Banner pix captured by Carolyn Madge at Turtle Bay

For the past nine years, Christine MacKinnon has been welcoming customers to Murphy’s Pub and Grill with a quick smile — but last Saturday, she poured her last pint. MacKinnon has closed down her business in order to seek treatment in her home country of China for the chronic pain she’s been experiencing since she was rear-ended in a traffic […]

For the 2nd year in a row – Council has decided to  increase taxes by nine percent exactly –  in anticipation of a hefty cost for policing once the Village/Town reaches the magic marker number of 5000+ in population and becomes a CITY. That is anticipated in the 2021 Census. At that time Oliver will pay […]

SOCS Third Concert – Friday, February 15th, 2019   Young, spirited and beautiful, pianists Amelie Fortin and Marie-Christine Poirier, have distinguished themselves with fiery four-hand interpretations, remarkable for their vitality and wit.  Referring to what is happening with their quite spectacular career success under the name Duo Fortin-Poirier, they like to joke that if  ten […]