In the early morning hours of February 5th, 2017 Oliver RCMP received a 911 call reporting a motor home on fire at River Road, Oliver. Police attended and located a motor home on fire. Oliver Fire Department arrived shortly after and quickly extinguished the fire, thankfully no one was injured. The matter is still under investigation by […]
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Be cautious out there
Kelowna RCMP are providing more details on precarious crash over the weekend in Peachland. “At 9:18 a.m this morning, RCMP received multiple 911 calls of a pickup truck hanging over the edge of a concrete barrier at the top of a steep embankment,” says Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey. RCMP Central Okanagan Traffic Services, West Kelowna RCMP, the Peachland Fire Department […]
Sign petition today
Brenda Dorosz says good turnout at Buy-Low petition signing on weekend. This petition is to SECURE PERMANENT FUNDING FOR RURAL SCHOOLS / EDUCATION This is a call on the Government to recognize rural students need secure permanent funding to keep schools OPEN. The petition is available around Osoyoos until 4pm today The petition will be […]
Oliver wines featured at Canadian Culinary event
Eleven of Canada’s top chefs competed in three events over the weekend in Kelowna, with one goal, to be crowned the Canadian Culinary Champion. And the 11th annual Canadian Culinary Championship crowned its winner Saturday night, with the new Champion Chef Jinhee Lee of Foreign Concept in Calgary, winning with her finale dish being “Cha […]
Back in time to 1948-1949
Provincial Courthouse and government offices during construction Picture from Okanagan Archive Trust Society. (Present work – 2017 work underway is a $311,000 maintenance program for windows and skylights. The job will be completed by the end of March. The next phase will include improvements to the courthouse’s roof and exterior finishing. $1.3 million committed to […]
Getting a facelift
Penticton Provincial Courthouse – 1949 – 100 Main Street The Penticton Provincial Court house is a two storey Art Deco-Moderne office building The Penticton Provincial Courthouse is significant as a symbol of the Provincial Government presence in Penticton, both as a Courthouse and home of many Provincial departments and agencies. Its construction in 1948 reflects […]
