THURSDAY APRIL 24th “Under the Tuscan Sea” at Terrafina Restaurant Pizza & Oyster tasting highlighting exciting new releases from Hester Creek and a few of our ‘bubbly’ neighbours! Visit Terrafina Restaurant for more information. Location: Terrafina Restaurant at Hester Creek Time: 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm Entrance price: $45 Contact Number: 250-498-2229 FRIDAY APRIL 25th SOUTH […]
282 days ’til Christmas – Town gets a head start?
A reader pointed out to me that taking down the Christmas decorations was a bit overdue. It’s a safety issues states Public Works. Shawn Goodsell says when Santa’s sleigh and reindeer were being put up late last year… Work Safe BC made the point that safety harnesses should be anchored on a truss below the […]
Teneycke to stay behind bars this week
Ron Teneycke spent about 5 minutes in this courtroom today – on a video link from Kamloops. RCMP in Penticton stated in “early morning hours of Thursday, Teneycke was arrested by a member on a rural road outside of Okanagan Falls. He was arrested for failing to abide by a probation order ~ failing to […]
The rural report with Laird Smith
Last week we buried Johanna. With all the Oliver friends I’ve lost such as Beverly Tasker, Tony Kamin, Holger Mundel, and Bob Campbell, I have not had the experience of going to the graveside service. Of course now that I’m older, I may be looking at this ritual differently than I would perhaps have done […]
It is happening
New officer on duty at Oliver Detachment
J.R. (James) Grandy, 30 Constable RCMP Served 6 and half years in large Burnaby detachment following graduation from Regina. Born in Penticton, married, wants to settle in South Okanagan and raise a family. At the Burnaby detachment he served with a 20 member Community Relations Team – targeted policing and community relations. He urged his […]
What is it?
March 13 water in – overflow pond – excess effluent in Oliver Sewage Disposal system – gigantic dry well. March 17 dry as a bone – Photo above by Caroline Webb who sees this each business day as she heads down the hill and wanted to know – “what is it?”