In a rare display of public displeasure, the chief justice of the B.C. Supreme court has taken aim at the province — blaming it for earlier failures to fund modernization, now badly needed during COVID-19 related closures. Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson has released a public statement, pushing back against recent comments the courts have been […]
BC top judge not afraid to take on government
Covid-19 in BC – by the numbers
Cases 2112 Recovered 1322 Died 111 In hospital 112 Recovering at home 567 Outbreak Centres – 21 long term care facilities Acute Care facilities – 3 Prisons, Meat Plants and Foreign Worker Groups
by Joshua Tomlin
Oliver puckster on the way up
Tigerhockey.com says 15 year old Oliver hockey player Brett Calhoon has been drafted by a Western Hockey League bantam team the Medicine Hat Tigers. Calhoon is one of 12 young players to be given this honour for the 2020-2021 season. Okanagan Hockey Group says Calhoon born January 10, 2005 – drafted in the ninth round, […]
by Paul Eby
Paul said – “what a chick!” The owlet said “wow paparazzi!” Most baby birds are chick – a baby owl is an owlet
Oliver’s June Half-Iron events cancelled
Update Thanks for reaching out. I made the difficult decision in the third week of March to not produce the events in Oliver this year. The utmost of concern was bringing in 1500+ athletes, families and spectators to the Oliver community and potentially overwhelming the community’s health care resources that may have already been stretched […]
Bail granted
Roderick Flavell, 62, was released by Judge Michelle Daneliuk Thursday on a recognizance according to the BC Prosecution Service. Flavell is accused of manslaughter in the death of his 61 year old spouse Tina Seminara. On April 8. She was rushed to hospital after being found by RCMP severely beaten at their Osoyoos home, and […]