Frank Venables was born March 31 1899 in Walsall northwest of Birmingham in England and came to Canada when he was very young living in a number of provinces and settings until his parents found their way to Alberta. Frank, then 6, received his education at Chinook and Coleman Alberta. During that period he entered […]
Heritage Society has two new staff in place
New Collections Manager, Bryonie Mahé pictured on the job – just a couple of days in the new position at the Oliver Archives Building on Fairview Road. Bryonie grew up in Vancouver – worked and volunteered in museums, archives and libraries in BC and England. Her recent work experience includes the Museum of Vancouver, Sunshine […]
Kid’s Zone and an art show – wow
Ministry of Justice targets Osoyoos family
The BC government is going after an Osoyoos family under an act designed to recover the proceeds of crime. Civil Forfeiture Act CPT 29 (2005) In documents obtained by ODN – The director of the Civil Forfeiture Office in Victoria (Ministry of Justice) has launched a civil case to be heard in Kelowna for the […]
Food donations up 33%
A weekend food drive – door to door has collected 4000 pounds of supplies for the Oliver Food Bank. Jim Ouellette says Oliver is a giving town and the amount donated has increased 1000 pounds over the level of last year. This past Saturday the BC Thanksgiving Food Drive (BCTFD) collected an estimated 352,588 pounds […]
Who is this hardworker?
Open House
OLIVER-OSOYOOS SEARCH AND RESCUE OPEN HOUSE Learn More About Your Local SAR Team Oliver-Osoyoos Search and Rescue is hosting an open house Saturday September 29th. The event will run from 10am-3pm at the team’s new compound on Cessna Drive in Oliver. The compound is to the immediate north of the Air Cadet Hanger. This open […]
Civil trial for damages set for March 11, 2013 in Mesa fire claim
Registry documents obtained through the Court Services Online (BC) show that the parties – Town of Oliver and the owners of the former Oliver Hotel have agreed to a Kelowna court date (March 11) in the spring of next year to argue their respective cases. LVC Enterprises Ltd, Donald Nicholas Kazakoff and Lisa Victoria Chalmers (owners […]