Special thanks to Ernie Race – who found and sent in this classic pix from the event Come out to the Rotary Club of Oliver meeting January 23. Talk – and eat – Cherry Pie. Who knows, you may see yourself on BC Was Awesome someday soon! In 1950, Frank Sinatra and Rosemary Clooney recorded […]
Think about it with Joseph Seiler
Mirror ‘Mirror, mirror, on the wall…’ is a familiar line from Sleeping Beauty. The mirror, in this case, is not only showing the Queen herself, it is comparing her beauty to all others. Wow, quite a mirror. A mirror was a greatly prized object in early days as the technology to make a good one […]
On the Sunnyside
Kim Phuc, the Napalm Girl Nine year old Phan Thi Kim Phuc and 30 others were hiding in the temple of Trang Bang, South Vietnam. It was the summer of 1972. Enemy soldiers were threatening to shoot them if they were found. Suddenly there was a new threat – bombs in canisters of napalm that […]
by Sue James
Peeking ?
Loaded shot gun seized at the "Falls"
Penticton RCMP arrest man and seize another loaded firearm On January 17, 2018 the Penticton South Okanagan Similkameen Targeted Enforcement Unit pulled over a vehicle on Main street in Okaganan Falls. As a result of the traffic stop, a 30 year old Okanagan Falls man was arrested and now faces charges, after officers located a […]
Letter to the editor
From Joan Potter Good news What good news Oliver and surrounding area received from Interior Health, they are considering an upgrade to certain areas in the South Okanagan General Hospital. What a great opportunity for Oliver and district to step up to the plate and provide financial support to extend and upgrade all areas of […]