Oliver Daily News asked the two candidates for the position of Regional District to answer a series of questions. A time limit was placed on responses Here is the first reply from Rick Knodel 1. Advantages and disadvantages to a district municipality. I have to clarify that my suggestion of a district wide municipal police […]

Just a demonstration – nothing to fear Oliver Fire Department volunteers offered to show the public their training grounds east of the airport with a series of demonstrations – involving smoke and fire. The event Saturday – the last day of Fire Prevention Week. Below training officer Scott Schaffrick directs a team to attack the […]

A few steps from my front door. No car. Just 3 minutes to VDS 13 Okanagan River. This picture taken this afternoon – after a lovely day of sun, fun and friends. Blue Heron or a Heron ? This is a very large format picture when pressed with your mouse. The most common hunting technique […]

Fire Prevention week is October 7th -13th, this year the Oliver Fire Dept. will be opening their training grounds up for the public. We will have live fire demo’s, auto-extrication, fire truck ride’s, look through our search buildings and a BBQ. Come down to the grounds and see the methods of training that we use […]

Most election races involving Rural Directors or Town Councillors involve a spending limit of $5000. Mayors can spend double that. Most will not in small areas like Oliver, Osoyoos, Keremeos and Princeton. In our neck of the woods only one RDOS race – Rural Oliver – Area C Randy Toor vs Rick Knodel Toor did […]

This was the lesson – Mrs. Lablanc’s grade 5 class and Mrs. Basso’s grade 6 class went to the dry creek bed near the Welcome Inn and collected rocks. Both classes painted them, and each student identified where they would like to drop their rock in the community. We have completed two walking trips to drop […]