Sixty years ago, the Grader room at The Oliver Co-Operative Growers Exchange ( known as The Packing House ), was a gigantic, noisy, very complicated room. Belts, rollers and chains moved in every direction at ground level, waist height and over head. At one end of  the room  apples were hand trucked in from the […]

Try to remember who was carrying that torch. Below picture sent in by Paul Eby

Usufruct Usufruct is a olde legal term meaning that something can be used but not consumed or harmed. Renting a field is an example of a usufruct transaction. I can plant and harvest and sell the crop but am not permitted to take away the topsoil. If you lend me a tool, it is expected […]

Gratitude Written from the perspective of the homeowner. Our house was directly across the street from Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to out-patients. One summer evening a truly awful looking man came to the door. His small body was stooped and shrivelled and his face was red, raw […]

Board of Education Report January 24, 2018 Following is a brief synopsis of the items which were discussed. In looking forward to the upcoming year, the district has shared information with schools to release to their respective parent communities regarding kindergarten registration for the fall of 2018. An advertisement will also be placed in the […]

Ken, or as he was sometimes known, KW Harman began his wandering on this earth on May 29,1937 in Paynton, SK, first born of Winnie and Bill Harman. He came to journey’s end here in Oliver, when he went through that final door on January 23, 2017, into a place of rest and peace with […]

A stop work order on two units near Co-op Avenue and Sawmill Rd has been lifted. The Town of Oliver order was imposed December 21 when the Building Official expressed concerns. CAO Cathy Cowan indicated that the developer was now in compliance and can proceed with construction.