On April 8th at approximately 5:50 pm, the Osoyoos RCMP received a report of a possible impaired driver. A helpful citizen followed the 2011 GMC Truck suspect vehicle which was swerving on the roadway and then as the truck hit a pole at 7308 Main St, Osoyoos. The suspect truck fled the scene prior to […]
Rural report with Laird Smith
I have been going through Wally’s Orchard run columns. I have decided to start with the earlier ones first. His first one ran in the Oliver Chronicle December 8 1955. In keeping with the time of the year, I have chosen to reprint a portion of a column written April 19, 1956. This is to […]
You make good friends at the Oliver Library
On Saturday the Oliver library held a successful Spring into Gardening event. A Spring tea, Easter egg hunt, craft making table, informational garden talk and seed planting. Sponsored by the Friends of the Oliver library.
What an achievement
April 1st – picture of Dallas Plensky and Lesley Magnus at the UBC Sports Hall of Fame presentation. Congratulations girls. SOSS alumni Dallas Plensky (1995), Lesley (Magnus) Noftle (1995) and Heather (Smith) Long (1997) are being inducted into the UBC Sports Hall of Fame as members of the national championship-winning 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 UBC Women’s […]
Dare to be different
Cpl. Mike Field and and newly arrived Cst. Kuljit Singh on assignment at Oliver Elementary School. • D.A.R.E. stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. • D.A.R.E. is a 10 week in-school program for children in grades 5 and 7. • D.A.R.E. is taught by specially trained uniformed Police Officers. • The D.A.R.E. program teaches kids […]
Ursula Wick reports
I had the pleasure of enjoying, for my first time, the annual ‘Baisakhi’ celebration at our local Bhavasagar Sikh Temple in Oliver. As an obvious guest to the temple, I was welcomed with many hugs and “Happy Baisakhi”. A reverent crowd looked on at the traditional cleansing of the flag pole which was thoroughly washed […]
Council briefs
1. Council heard a delegation from the SO Chamber of Commerce on the need for a shuttle to carry passengers from Osoyoos to Kelowna airport making stops along the way. The vision is for a private contractor to make 4 runs a day from Osoyoos and the same number returning to the south end of […]
Loose Bay to get Town water – but RDOS to play a part
The Town of Oliver (water utility) has agreed to do everything possible to supply water to Loose Bay at the top of Secrest Hill for use this summer. Greg Norton of the Loose Bay Society says water is no long available from the source that supplied it in the past so a more permanent and […]