12:01 am Oliver (  cleared at 1:54 am ) 5439 Primrose Lane – south of Rd 3 Fortis turns off power so firefighters can get into a smoke filled house. Not occupied. One neighbor said – landlord and tenant not agreeing on much. Known drug house. Site of major RCMP operation/incident a year earlier. Smoke billowing up on […]

A walk up the river and we saw this poor old Great Blue Heron confused by the ice. It had trouble walking on it as well. And we don’t like winter?

Short-eared Owl at dusk Boundary Bay, coast BC

Families in 52 communities throughout British Columbia will benefit from 103 projects that will create more than 3,800 child-care spaces. This $33-million investment is focusing on areas of greatest need, including infant and toddler spaces; spaces on school grounds or co-located in a community hub; inclusive spaces in child-development centres; Indigenous child-care spaces; and employer-based […]

We try to represent the community as we all see it. A hockey game, a criminal trial decision in Penticton, a death of some one we know, a fire, a benefit,  a student profile, a concert, and, and, and….. it is endless and keeps changing. ODN is not about the arts even though we try […]

Tommy (Tom) Szajko (Thomas Geza) was the recipient of a medal of bravery from the Governor General in 1995 for awakening five residents of a home that was on fire, and re-entering the house after hearing another person crying for help. He died at home last Friday. RCMP will only say the matter is in the […]

$2700 was raised, 100% of proceeds are going to the Oliver Ambassador program. We didn’t count the vehicles however, we did serve up over 350 breakfasts. We had over 20 volunteer firefighters and an Oliver Ambassador in attendance. We had apples donated by BC Tree Fruits, an advertising sign donated by OK Tire, Grimm’s Fine […]