Pacific Silica’s Breast Cancer awareness raffle has raised over $1400. Pacific Silica’s first annual raffle was a great success. With the support of our communities the raffle raised $1410.97 for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. The lucky winner for the $1500.00 Spa Package at Sparkling Hills Resort was Mike Barisoff Congratulations and thank you all for […]
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It’s about memory and relationships
Ask a woman about a personal triumph or tragedy in her life, and chances are she’ll remember the clothing she was wearing at the time. That’s the basic premise of SOAP’s next comedy, Love, Loss , and What I Wore by sisters Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron and based on the best-selling picture-book memoir […]
Saturday mornings – start February 2nd
Morning after
You have to be up close to see the fire damage inside. The picture from a distance shows no apparent roofing damage – as firemen knocked back the flames quickly overnight. RCMP on the scene today including a forensics team from Penticton. The women associated with the house has not lived there for over a […]
Fire guts inside of Oliver home – no one inside
Time: 3:22 am January 27 Sunday Hollow at Hillcrest Avenue Structure Fire – House 6486 Hollow Street Lot of flames but put down fairly quickly. Firemen vented smoke and steam for several hours. Most damage inside. Flames did not get a hold on the roof. RCMP on the scene along with an ambulance crew until […]
Some good news in education bargaining
Both the teachers of BC and their direct employer the BC Public Schools Employer Association have vote and agreed to a bargaining framework for the next round of bargaining. The vote by about 200 elected teachers is a significant step before collective bargaining starts on Feb. 4. It also calls for the appointment of a […]
11 million dollars to be spent for new radio telescope
Construction is now under way north of Oliver on Canada’s largest radio telescope – and the first research telescope to be built in the country in more than 30 years. The new telescope, with a footprint larger than six NHL hockey rinks, will listen for cosmic sound waves and help scientists understand why the universe […]
All ages – dress up – have fun
Oliver Live! – Folk Music Night Featuring: Great White North – “Alternative Folk Rock” – http://www.greatwhitenorthmusic.ca Intents – “Folk Punk” Jack Rabbit & The Beetles – “Indie Folk” TC Creek – “Straight Folk” At the Elks Lodge Hall – Saturday January 26th 7:30pm – $4.00 cover charge more info at: http://www.facebook.com/oliverlivemusic