From: Gordon & Kathie Kirby   250 Road 9 Oliver B.C. V0H 1T1 To: Karla Kozakevich Chair , Regional District of Okanagan Smimilkameen Penticton B.C. Re: Spring flooding of 2017 We have lived at this address for 50 years since 1967, no flooding can compare to this year. The notes here are our thoughts on […]

Panel Anna Warwick Sears – Executive Director – Okanagan Basin Water Board – Kelowna Mark Woods – Community Services Manager – RDOS – Penticton Shaun Reimer – Section Head – FLNRO (Forest, Land, Natural Resource Operations) – Public Safety and Protection – Penticton *** About 70 residents of the South Okanagan gathered Wednesday at Oliver’s Community […]

By Marion Boyd   Friends and family gathered under the trees at the home of Ernie and Cheryl Dumais to celebrate the life of Susan McCullough on August 13, 2017.   The beauty of the valley spread out before us as memories were shared of early days together living in Oliver. Susan was born May 31, […]

Break/Enter and Theft – AG Foods On the morning of August 21, 2017 Osoyoos RCMP responded to a break enter and theft at AG Foods. Sometime over the night, suspects forced their way in and targeted the cigarettes and lottery tickets. Lottery tickets are traceable and anyone found to be trying to cash them can […]

Don Osborne February 10, 1933 – August 10, 2017   On Thursday August 10, 2017, Mr. Donald Charles Osborne of Oliver passed away suddenly but peacefully at his home at the age of 84 years. He was predeceased by his parents John & Irene Osborne; brothers Bob, Jerry and Fred and son Rick Osborne. Don […]

The Bats of Skunk Hollow Our house was next to the mountain in an area nicknamed Skunk Hollow. In all the years we lived there we never saw one skunk! There were bears, cougars; bobcats; snakes, spiders, scorpions, ants, black widow spiders, puff spiders; Daddy long legs and a host of other critters but never […]