On Sunday January 19, 2014, Mr. Dennis Manuel Xavier Barreira of Calgary passed away suddenly at his home at the age of 45 years. He was predeceased by his father Domingos; nephew Jason and aunts and uncles. Dennis will be fondly remembered by his mother Isabel; brother Tony (Alex) and their children Natasha, Katrina and […]
Photographer Andy Evans
In Rogers Pass
Public service reaches 5 year agreement
Almost 25,000 BCGEU members employed in the B.C. public service have a five-year contract in place under the B.C. government’s Economic Stability Mandate for 2014 negotiations, Finance Minister Michael de Jong announced today. The BCGEU has ratified the master agreement negotiated in November, which was reached four months in advance of the current agreement’s expiry […]
Rock slide closes highway #3
Traffic advisory: rock slide 8-9 kilometers west of Standing Rock, between Keremeos and Hedley on Highway 3 RCMP are reporting three vehicles were involved in the incident and one female was transported to hospital, but injuries were not life threatening. The slide, at noon Monday, closed Highway 3 in both directions. It is estimated to be 150 metres […]
A morning with Cate
Cate Turner of Oliver, principal of the Similkameen Elementary Secondary School with teacher Graeme Baerg of Oliver. ODN toured the 400 student facilities in Keremeos today to visit their sizable cafeteria and food production facilities. We thought we could find some locals in the school – See picture of Ryan Baptiste below There could be a […]
Joyriding – at root of Toyota thefts?
Four cars stolen from Penticton Toyota now found and returned. Police investigation. One found in Penticton, three in the Kelowna area. Not a well executed plan.
Oliver police report
On January 24, 2014 at ~ 11:24 Hours a resident in the area of Redwing Place reported that a tree in his strata complex had been backed into and there was a pile of glass left behind. An Oliver Detachment investigator attended the scene and confirmed that given the height on the tree where it […]
Letter to editor
I’ve been to several places in town trying to find out which facilities have defibrillators (hospital, town office, school board office, chamber of commerce, library, etc.) but have been able to find them at 8 locations. So far, I believe each of the following has a defibrillator on site (and has conducted training for some […]