Hand Giving a hand up is to offer help. A hand out is a gift to the needy. A hand me down is getting my siblings clothes as I get to be their size. A back hand is to swing a racket, as in tennis or squash, starting across my body on the opposite side […]

It Wasn’t Like That We’ve become used to nativity pageants or scenes that are beautiful, clean-looking, comfortable and even delightful. That fits nicely into a church sanctuary but it just wasn’t like that for Mary and Joseph. A 160 km donkey ride from Nazareth to Bethlehem, when more than 8 months pregnant, would hardly be […]

Jan 2 on display EZ bin Fill it please Thanks to Ez Bins and Oliver Fire Department

Homeowner grant threshold set at $1.65 million for 2018 VICTORIA – The Province is raising the 2018 homeowner grant threshold to $1.65 million, ensuring the same percentage of British Columbia homes are below the threshold as in 2017. Eligible homeowners must apply for the homeowner grant each year. To be eligible for a grant, the […]

Mike sent this without a lot of information – ODN or the photographer did not identify the bird as a Robin or a Robbin (very English)

Maybe rolling down the hill !

By ROY WOOD The town building official is expected to re-inspect the Oliver Landing project Wednesday as part of the process of lifting a stop-work order imposed on the project just before Christmas. Wayde Bliss posted the order to stop work December 21 on two units in the 12-unit first phase of the low-to-medium cost […]