The Professional Log Truck Driver program is a competency-based program designed by the BC Forest Safety Council in consultation with Log Truck and Truck Harvesting advisory group members. The goal is to improve the safety performance and professionalism of log truck drivers and to train Class 1 drivers to haul logs and drive on resource […]
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by Dustin Lesmeister
Girl’s grass hockey in Victoria
After they won the Valley Championship two weeks ago, SOSS competed at the AA Provincial Championships in Victoria this week. The team won 3 games out of 6 and came in 11th…a very good showing! Representing SOSS were: Kiera Gaudet, Lauren Bjornson, Riah Podmorow, Grace Neily, Chyna Lee, Madison Boen-Shekula, Japleen Aujla, Enola Mills, Jasmeen […]
The Steele report
This is truly the weekend of reflection. In the past weeks we have expressed our dissatisfaction with everything from the environment to our political leaders. Today lets focus on the obvious. We have the right to be dissatisfied. It could be a lot different. If our parents and grandparents had not made monumental sacrifices we […]
Scam continues – local RCMP warning
A number of Oliver residents have contacted the Oliver RCMP this morning about calls the received regarding their Social insurance Number (SIN). Oliver RCMP want to raise awareness that this is a scam. The callers will claim to be from one of a couple agencies of the Government of Canada (Service Canada, Canada Revenue, and […]
Praemonitus, Praemunitus –
Armistice and Remembrance Armistice Day and Thanksgiving Day were both celebrated on the same day in Canada – on the Monday before 11 November each year – until Parliament, in 1931, established Remembrance Day and date as 11 November and immovable. Some now argue that calling it Remembrance Day instead of Armistice Day allows us […]