MP Alex Atamanenko has announced the names of those individuals in the South Okanagan Similkameen area who are to receive the QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal. Atamanenko will award medals to 6 individuals: Brian Lobb, Solana Allison, Kim Schur, Beryl Wallace, Charles Finch and James Ouellette. Alex will be awarding the medals in a ceremony in […]
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Drop in today – Grapevine Optical
Did you know that Oliver has an optical store? GRAPEVINE OPTICAL You can have your eyes examined by an Optometrist. Get your RX filled, Single Vision, Bifocal, Progressive, Computer, or Reading glasses Wide selection of frames, Ladies, Men’s, Titanium or Designer. You want to use your own frame? No problem, You won’t be left without […]
2013 – Senior Girls Hornets Basketball Team – Official ODN Picture
Business to Business – OK Falls style
Each month the SO Chamber of Commerce (OK Falls, Osoyoos and Oliver) gets together with members to exchange views, hear a speaker, have draws and just enjoy the wine – this month Meyer Family Vineyards served at Dogtown Coffee Co. – after hours. Making a draw – ODN’s favourite sunrise photographer Linda Sheehy-Brownstein with SOCC president Holly […]
Hacked email accounts
Each day recently I have woken up to see hacked Yahoo and Hotmail accounts of my friends and I hear about them when I meet with people on the street. Each day their is spam in my various accounts – there is danger out there. What to do? I recommend gmail – ask Google about […]
Required to provide property for licensed child care
School Act – This amendment will require boards of education to establish a policy promoting the use of board property by licensed child-care providers between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on weekdays, provided the property is not required for K-12 educational programs, extra-curricular school activities, or early learning programs. This will ensure […]
7 months outside Canada…eh?
Care coverage extension for long-term vacationers VICTORIA – Amendments introduced today to the Medicare Protection Act will create authority to set regulations that would allow British Columbians who take longer-term vacations out of the province, such as “snow birds”, to stay on holidays for an extra period of time. “The Canadian Snowbird Association requested that […]