Over the last year the Town of Oliver has engaged business owners, residents, students, and other stakeholders to create a roadmap to improve the local economy in our Town. All the effort and engagement paid off as the Town now has a completed Grow Oliver! Local Economic Development Strategy in place and priority actions are […]
by Pat Whalley
FAMILY GATHERINGS It seems ages since we could enjoy big family gatherings. The sort of get-togethers where new babies are first seen by all the family and […]
Tax hikes are inevitable
Whether or not you want to believe it, taxes in Canada are going to go up and you should start planning for that inevitable now. There is no way our government can do anything but raise taxes with the massive spending that they’ve undertaken the past few years. Even the parliamentary budget office called tax […]
Large Item Pickup – Monday only – October 12th
All of Town or Oliver All of Area C – Rural Oliver 2 items per home place out by 7 am only furniture, mattresses and large appliances
by Jessica Murphy
Prompt: One of the 18 men who survived the three-year journey under Magellan’s command during the first recorded circumnavigation of the globe in 1519, was not, newly recovered information reveals, in fact a man… BEST OF MATES Gideon disembarked from the fishing sloop that had brought him from Cadiz to the seaside village of Santo […]
Up and running again
The Oliver Starfish Backpack Program is up and running once again. It provides food for students who would normally go without on the weekend. This program is offered to all three schools in Oliver with the high school being the newest addition to the program. We were fortunate to have a donation from the Food for Thought […]
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The Steele report
Have you ever joined the grand kids in popping bubble wrap? Yes you are an adult but some things are fun anyway. Popping all the latest fear monger topics is like popping bubble wrap. No matter how many bubbles you pop and chuckle there are always more. At least we are introduced to new absurdities […]