B.C. honours road crash victims, sets road safety goals In recognition of the National Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims, and to honour the memory of those lost on our roads, the Province is committing to reducing preventable deaths on B.C.’s roads and becoming the safest jurisdiction in North America by 2020. To date, […]
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It’s a Christmas tradition in Oliver
OLIVER SAGEBRUSHERS PRESENT COWBOY CHRISTMAS At Rustico Farm & Cellars Winery November 24th 2 – 4pm SING A LONG WITH MIKIE SPILLETT Enjoy chili, buns, and mulled beverages around the campfire. Dress warmly for an old fashioned fun celebration for all ages. DONATIONS APPRECIATED. Selection of gifts in the Quails’ Roost Gallery Rustico Farm & […]
Reserve this date – January 25th – 2014
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Mike Roberts on the road again for Good News Bears (24th year) – a charity to raise funds for the Food Bank. Below Angela Flannigan hands over cheques – one for the Osoyoos Food Bank and one for the Oliver Food Bank. The $100 cheques from the Aktion Club
Movember gaining steam
Oliver Live presents the Movemberance Rocks! A Night of Music, Fun, and Men’s Health Awareness on Saturday, November 30, 2013. The event will run from 8 pm to 1am, with performances by local Okanagan bands: Intents, JB Thomas, Led Leppard, Kabonge, and Crowd the Joanna. The event will be held at the “ex-Catholic Church” across […]
Zarelli House
Corner of Okanagan St and Skagit Avenue – a little piece of history gone – with the demolition of a small home in the “Acre Lots” – formerly owned by John Zarelli, biology teacher at the old high school. In the old days it would have been the wreckers ball but today Paul Johnson made […]
Increase in First Nations students graduating in BC
More Aboriginal students are completing high school in B.C. than ever before, as the six-year completion rate climbed to 59.4 per cent in 2012-13. The Aboriginal student completion rate has steadily improved over the past 10 years, rising from 45.9 per cent in 2002-03 (up 13.5 percentage points or 29.4 per cent increase). The provincial […]
Seniors Advocate to be appointed in 2014
The Government of British Columbia is launching an open competition to recruit B.C.’s first seniors’ advocate, Health Minister Terry Lake announced today. “We want to find the best person for the job, someone who will give seniors a strong voice in British Columbia,” said Lake. “The Public Service Agency will lead a national executive search […]