Is this a pipe dream? This is the plan shown to people today at Spirit Ridge in an effort to interest investors for a race track in Oliver on OIB land. One report indicates the cost of the facility is in the range of $10 to 12 million. Below is Jacques Villeneuve signing a tee […]
Rock face shadow peeker
Burning rubber
Dispatched as a car fire at Gallagher Lake turned out to be a small trailer tire with a bit too much heat on the highway. Location south end of construction zone at Deer Park entrance Time: before 6pm Sunday Attending: Two off duty fireman on the scenee, Oliver Fire Department, Police and a tow truck […]
Savings to be found locally to fund CUPE increases
Negotiations with unions representing more than 25,000 school support staff are back Wednesday, with a strike mandate already in place for B.C.’s 60 school districts as the new school year gets underway. Education Minister Peter Fassbender says he is hopeful that a settlement with clerical staff, custodians, bus drivers and other support staff can be achieved […]
Joe Sardinha passes suddenly
Past president of the BC Fruit Growers’ Association, Joe Sardinha, passed away suddenly Saturday night. He was 52 years of age. He and his wife and family operated an orchard in Summerland. Universally known as “Joe” to all he met, Sardinha was a popular president of the BCFGA from 2005 to 2011. Joe came to Canada […]
Food drive in Oliver – this month
BC Thanksgiving Food Drive volunteers will be delivering food donation bags the week of September 9th, 2013 to many Oliver homes. The donations in support of the Oliver Food Bank will be picked up on Saturday, September 14th, 2013. Those who don’t receive a bag can drop off non-perishable food donations at the Oliver Food […]
Photography by Linda Isaak
September – see the works of Staresina
by Michael Jorden, B.Sc., M.B.A. In March 2010, I received a phone call from Steve Staresina, an Oliver painter who I had known as one of the Oliver artists associated with the Quails Nest Arts Center. Steve had a vision that, because of the closure of an established commercial gallery on Oliver’s Main Street, an […]