By ROY WOOD Despite a province-wide drought, water levels in Oliver-area wells are not alarmingly low and town council decided Monday not to invoke water restrictions on domestic water users. Town operations director Shawn Goodsell told council Monday that the provincial government has the power to impose water restrictions on the town if the drought […]
Ok… how do we get her out of there?
Both sides now by Sandra Smith on the Fairview-Cawston Rd.
Banner by Jaret Blidook
Briefs from Oliver council
Council supports legion tulip bid The town of Oliver will support the local legion as it attempts to become one of 150 branches across the country to receive 700 tulips to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Holland. Oliver Legion Sergeant at Arms Jim Stewart told council Monday that the branch stands a […]
Teneycke still on the minds of many
Stop sending violent criminals home, says mayor By Roy Wood The recent crime spree and eventual arrest of a violent career criminal has once again prompted the town of Oliver to seek help from the provincial government. Mayor Ron Hovanes and Councillors Mo Doerr and Petra Veintimilla hope to meet with BC Attorney-General and Minister […]
Photography …….by Dave Whalley
As a boy, my dad used to have his own darkroom and developed his own film and made his own prints and enlargements, all black and white in those days. His darkroom was the bathroom which he took over for that purpose, he blacked out the window so no light could get in and had […]
Sweet
This 1941 B17 landed in Penticton Monday and will be in the Okanagan until August 2nd. You can get into the field to see it more closely for a $2 charge and can even go inside if you so fancy, the pilot said it will burn 750 litres of fuel per hour, and was used […]
Sherri Klein founder of SORCO returns
When Sherri left the Okanagan 7 years ago she left behind her dream that one day SORCO would have a new clinic, Sherri is in the Okanagan on vacation, yesterday myself and past manager Lauren Meads were honoured to show Sherri that her dream has come true with a tour of the new facility, Sherri […]