‘In The Beginning’, a creation cantata recently composed by a local man will be performed at a spring concert by Musaic Vocal Ensemble May 24 in the Oliver Alliance Church. The work in a traditional style was written by Brian Mapplebeck of Oliver. The piece, with lyrics from the bible, is a joyful celebration of the beginnings […]
Locally written Cantata premiered
Aiming at your funnybone
It’s an era of evening dresses and tuxedos, sparkling champagne and even more sparkling tiaras, of romantic opera stars and their enamoured fans. In this world of luxury, chaos is about to ensue, in the style of classic 1930s screwball comedy. The South Okanagan Players bring this hilarious chaos to the stage in Lend Me […]
Report on concert – Marion Boyd
The Sage Valley Voices performed for a full house on Sunday afternoon, April 27th. “Moments to Remember” involved some of the fun of ‘Grandma’s Feather Bed’, some of the heartbreak of ‘Unchained Melody’, some of the sweetness of ‘The Rose’ and some belly laughs “With a Little Bit of Luck”. Tamara Nunes,with husband […]
Info from Oliver RCMP
The, “Alexa’s Team” program was developed in the wake of the death of 4 1/2 year old Alexa Middelaer. She was struck and killed by an impaired driver. Since her death, the men and women who police our province have been challenged to remove impaired drivers from our roadways. In order to be named to […]
Not to panic!
The awnings are gone but there’s no need to panic! Due to some damage to an awning, the landlord for the Oliver Branch of the Okanagan Regional Library arranged for some repairs. A miscommunication with the repair company led to all the awnings being removed. There is no timeline for the replacement of the awnings […]
Rural report with Laird Smith
Wally Smith was keen observer of all events occurring in his orchard. He was well aware of cause and effect. He watched while DDT eradicated all pests in his orchard. It wasn’t long though before he noticed that all was not well with DDT. The birds nesting in the orchard were dieing after the spray […]