New Riding of South Okanagan West Kootenay – 2015 election Conservatives have three interested in the nomination Stephen Hill Marshall Neufeld Rick De Jong Liberals Connie Denesiuk New Democrats have two interested in the nomination Dick Cannings Margaret Maximento
Highly successful training session
330 fire personnel came to Oliver last weekend and participated in 24 sessions or fire fighting events. Great training and enjoyed by the public as well. 80 fire departments were represented from all over the province says Training Officer Scott Schaffrick. Photo supplied by Jeremy Cook (press to see more detail)
Rural report with Laird Smith
Technology in Wally Smith’s day involved mechanical devices such as motors in cars, pumps, Kangaroos, and tractors, to name a few. Wally always welcomed a mechanical challenge. That is why he enjoyed repairing the Oliver Chronicle’s Linotype whenever it went down for the count. The Chronicle would call him, and he would drop everything to […]
Burning rubber
Oliver’s Chip Sabyan heats up his tires, hoping to drive his 1970 Chevy Nova through the final rounds to a trophy at Richter Pass Motorplex in Osoyoos, BC. The Wine Country Racing Association (WCRA) will be hosting the 2014 season opening drag race at the airstrip in Osoyoos, BC. It is that time of year […]
Alice and Ed – new van – donated by Nunes Pottinger
Alice and Ed Thomas received the keys and take possession of “gently used” van donated by the company Nunes Pottinger. The Thomas family burned out of their Main Street home in April. A spokesperson for the family says over $4000 in cash donated along with furniture, clothing and food vouchers. Below Daryn Pottinger hands over […]
Probation for breach….of probation
20 year old Stephan Daoust was charged with counts of breaching his probation for incidents concerning alcohol use December 27th 2013 and December 30th of last year according to court records. Daoust appeared today, plead guilty and was sentenced. RCMP had laid the charges during a period when Daoust was serving weekend time for another […]
Moving to a new office soon
Regular weekly feature
Nunes-Pottinger Funeral Service Press Button above Regular Sunday Feature Obituaries Listed Anton Golobic William Stannard John Reynolds Anthony Ebenal Burton Witham Arnold Erisalu It’s the policy of ODN to publish some obituaries in full on the main page as we become aware of a notice ~ at the discretion of the publisher. Some families request […]