Free at Last! Three years ago this weekend Kevin Garratt stepped off the plane in Vancouver as a free man. He and his wife Julia had been in China for about 30 years: teaching English, operating a coffee shop near the border with North Korea, channeling aid to needy people in North Korea and […]
Down the aisle
by Pat Whalley
SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD Most people of my generation were brought up in the old fashioned way, bad behaviour earned corporal punishment, usually in the form of a smack on the behind. Not for my grandma was the theory of talking to the child and explaining how my misdeed had caused her […]
Gone
Empty Closed OK Falls IGA what next?
Pioneers – continuing saga on schools – you can help
1921 – Oliver was growing – an irrigation ditch was being built – workers had children so a small school was needed and it operated in the basement of the United Church and a nearby auto garage. by 1923 – a two classroom school had been built north of Fairview Rd ( School Board offices […]
by Sandra Smith
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Local committee hears about policing issues and social problems
What is the crime and safety committee in Oliver? Well its a group of people meeting a couple of times a year to analyze what is happening and what can be done about it. Today…..outgoing Police Superintendent Ted De Jager doing his ‘fair well’ to the South Okanagan and this particular committee with a […]