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Bal Far Orchards Balwant Sehkon 31425 – Highway 97 Pictures taken on the orchard named above Lots of trucks, backhoes and other equipment in motion – to finish the work necessary to control the creek. RDOS supplied sand bags to farmers on east side of highway. The creek is just feet away from dwellings but no […]

  My name is Rhonda Bruce and I am putting my name forward to run in the Boundary Similkameen for the NDP. My mother moved her children back to her home town when I was ten. I have stayed in Oliver and raised my sons here. I have been very involved in my son’s lives. […]

With all the time, energy, work and money that has gone into the restoration of the Testalinda Creek – why were parts of the stream still blocked?  Contractors have been working for months restoring the integrity of the stream and making large holding ponds to handle any amount of water. Recently we took a picture […]

While searching lower Testalinda Wednesday for signs of sandbagging I came across an area I had not been to east of the highway. Utter devastation – mud up to the leaves on the surviving trees. Mud so hard it was like concrete.

Remember when?

Long service awards from the BC School Trustees Association handed out at Wednesday’s SD #53 Board Meeting. Left to right – Sam Hancheroff – 6 years,  June Harrington – 21 years (Long Service/Life Membership in BCSTA), Marieze Tarr  – 9 years, Myrna Coates – 9 years.