Look for the small green disc in the air. 71st Annual SOSA turkey shoot at Sportsmen’s Bowl – Oliver

Beautiful When something is beautiful most people can agree that it is beautiful. How is that? One of the Saints wrote of the five ways to prove the existence of God and one of the ways was this seemingly universal appreciation of what constitutes beauty. An interesting idea. I think they meant that at some […]

  God Keeps Promises Christmas is a time when hope runs high. Children expect gifts they asked for. Adults wish that peace and love would reign. Many promises and resolutions are made for the New Year. Each year many of those expectations turn into empty promises. However we can count on God to keep His […]

A PRAIRIE CHRISTMAS…… It was Christmas Eve, 1920….four little boys anxiously awaited the arrival of their father who had gone to town. A real prairie blizzard had started up; the windows were frosted over and the wind was howling. The little boys ran up the steep staircase to look out of the upstairs hall window. […]

THE OLD CARDIGAN My husband Dave loves his old cardy.  We met when we were eighteen and, even then, his old cardy was like his old friend. There is nothing wrong with a cardigan I own several of my own and when they buttoned up correctly they can be quite smart, if a bit old […]

The Friends of the Oliver Library held a Bag Raffle in conjunction with the Family Christmas get together at the Oliver Library. Over $2000.00 was raised to support our local library. Shown here are Lynne Hunt the President of the FOTOL receiving her bag prize from the Vice President Jane Noonan. 73 bags were donated […]

Short-eared Owl ~ Misty Marsh ~ Boundary Bay

From: Heather Frank ( MacNaughton) “Places said to have a strong “sense of place” have a strong identity that is deeply felt by inhabitants and visitors.” The South Okanagan is one of those places that is deeply loved by locals and visitors alike. The beautiful rolling brown hills, the smell of sage after a rainstorm […]