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The hour and the place – Friday November 11
Okanagan Falls Community Centre 10 a.m. Parade to the Legion for 11 a.m. for Cenotaph service and the laying of wreaths. The branch is open then for young and old to eat, chat and listen to music. Oliver Community Centre 9:45 a.m. – Interdenominational service at the community centre 10:40 a.m. – Parade to Cenotaph 11 […]
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Brenda Shaw writes – 3 veterans to be remembered November 11 Remembrance Day Private William S. Bousfield Young Bill Bousfield was born in 1917 in Oliver, B.C. and joined the Army shortly after War was declared in 1939. Bill was in the Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C. that stormed the beach at Juno, Normandy on June 6, […]
Money still needed for hip operation
Mattieu Hamel (shown right) receives gift from Oliver Elks in the amount of $450 for a double hip replacement operation scheduled for later this year in Quebec. Mattieu is 36 and presently an employee of Transwest Helicopters in Oliver as a painter. He has worked there for 3 years and has nothing but good things […]
Bornn’s ultimatum – raising $20 Million for PRH
Carey Bornn has quite the interesting – and fulfilling job. In a way, he gets to celebrate Christmas every day – sometimes numerous times a day. As part of his role as Executive Director of the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation, Bornn travels the South Okanagan speaking to groups, and accepting donations. Everywhere he goes […]
Oliver residents pushing town to become a FireSmart Community
Dead branches. Dry grass. Bark mulch. All can be hazards – deadly hazards given our dry climate here in the South Okanagan. That in mind, there is a push for Oliver and area residents to become more aware of problem areas around homes – and clean up what could cause a major fire in the […]