Students at Southern Okanagan Secondary School are working to put together this year’s student yearbook, and in conjunction are launching a new local business promotion program called the Oliver Business Coupon Supplement. In order to offset the cost of the yearbooks to students, and to promote more yearbook sales (which in turn lowers production costs), […]
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Council news – Town of Oliver
Irrigation turn on – the canal water will be diverted from Okanagan River at McIntrye Bluff – Monday April 2 and the irrigation start up date for farmers is Thursday April 12. Solar heating for new homes – the Town will not join this program at this time. Several house builders appealed to council saying that […]
Snowy trees by Ed Dukes
Wow – winners in the corporate league
Nancy Boutin, Mark Jamieson, Wayde Bliss, and Colleen Misner pictured above It was a very exciting night. Nine teams came to play a final end with every team. The two teams tied for first were Edward Jones and The Town of Oliver, who played two extra ends, tied 1-1 and had to do a final […]
Grade 8 boys place 4th in provincials
The SOSS grade 8 boys basketball team finished in 4th place at the Provincial Championships last weekend.The tournament, held in Pitt Meadows, featured 16 of the best grade 8 teams in B.C. Their first opponent was Tamanawis, a number 1 seed out of Surrey. Having won the Fraser Valley tournament, Tamanawis came out supremely confident […]
Senior Girls – The Sr Girls go 2 and 2 at the Provincials
The SOSS ladies basketball team capped an incredible 27-9 season by winning two and losing two in an exciting Provincial tournament held last week in Kamloops. Just making it there was a thrill for the players . A long 22 year wait since the girls from Southern Okanagan had been represented there, was over. The […]
Senior Boys
Well the chance to repeat as champions was ended on the first day of the AA provincial Championships as the Hornets full team did not seem ready to play. Greet Gill tried his best scoring 46 points grabbing 17 boards and 5 block and 6 steals, you would think that with stats like that that […]
Police report
On March 7, 2012, at approximately 1544 hrs, RCMP responded to a single vehicle MVI roll over located on Black Sage Road, Oliver. On arrival, a damaged 2006 Toyota Corolla was located at scene however, the driver was not located. Subsequent investigation resulted in the Registered Owner being located at his residence. The owner was […]