Anna’s Hummingbird with her 10 day old chicks.

Under a Local State of Emergency for Electoral Area ‘C’, an Evacuation Alert has been issued in the rural Oliver area of Sportsman’s Bowl Rd.   The Oliver Fire Department is assisting in delivering notices to the 16 affected properties. All residents and property owners that access their properties using Sportsmens Bowl Rd are advised […]

Oliver Fire Department giving out notices ? Big rock gravel being placed on roadway Are we protecting the highway and those above are left to ???

2,500 birds – this all ??? Our rate of increase is zero. “This is remarkable,” said Kate Hagmeier, Okanagan Valley Goose Management Program co-ordinator states. “The 2017 12th annual population report from the Canadian Wildlife Service shows that elsewhere in B.C., the goose population is increasing at a rate of 16 per cent. Thankfully, this […]

Photo Stan Marshall

This is the volume of water coming down to the residents of Sportsman’s Bowl Rd. and occupants below on the Park Rill system.

Reported at 7:51 pm – 4800 block Ryegrass Rd – south of Old Orchard Grove No one home at time of the blaze. Renters could not be contacted. The fire appears to be not suspicious – cause unknown.  

Lately we all have had enough of tragedy. The South Okanagan with its loss of Greg Norton and hockey with its loss of fifteen players and associates of the Humboldt Broncos. I’m going to veer off into some self deprecating humor. As many of you know, I was born with a defect, a hormone deficiency […]