Two years after B.C. introduced Canada’s toughest provincial impaired driving law, an estimated 104 lives have been saved and impaired driving has dropped significantly. Justice Minister and Attorney General Shirley Bond announced preliminary road-crash fatality data for the two years ending Sept. 30, 2012, and the results of a recent driver impairment survey. Since the […]
Loud crunch, car into pole – one to hospital
A green older model SUV crashed into a hydro pole one mile north of Oliver at about 1:45 Wednesday afternoon. Police, fire and EMS responded. Traffic affected until Fortis could turn off the power to splintered pole which is still standing. No known reason for the single vehicle crash, no knowledge of the seriousness of […]
Clarence Louie not impressed with DFO
OIB Chief Clarence calls those that work at the federal Department of Fisheries “a bunch of idiots”. This was not a casual reference in a long conversation I had with the Chief today on a number of subjects. Louie repeated this phrase several times when talking about a government department that he says really does […]
Clean clothing and toys needed
Boil water orders rescinded
Town of Oliver System #2 water customers have been switched over to the municipal water supply and all system two customers will be notified by mail. On November 2 – Town of Oliver System #1 customers were advised that the water was deemed safe in their system as well. Boil water advisories and orders are directed […]
Dark Blue – a picture from Linda Anderson
Movember – please help
The Oliver Fire Dept. has prizes that will be raffled off for every $10 donation (if you donate $100 you will be entered ten times) that is made to their Movember campaign at http://ca.movember.com/team/447853. There are some great prizes and more will be added until the end of the month, they include a Lake City […]