Let’s talk South Okanagan-Similkameen – Public Consultation Parks Canada invites Canadians to discuss the proposed national park reserve in the South Okanagan-Similkameen until February 28, 2019. Participate now. During this public consultation, Parks Canada is seeking input on: The current proposed boundary Key aspects regarding management of the lands By taking part in this formal […]
Friday and Sunday performances – Free
Bigger is better… or at least heavier! It already weighs in excess of 300lbs and requires all nine members working together to play it, but for the Oliver Handbell Ringers, their three-octave handbell set still was not a big enough challenge. The dream of expanding the set they have played for more than 10 years […]
On the Sunnyside
Can Two Jailed Enemies Find Peace? We hear a fair bit about hope for peace on earth as we approach the Christmas season. Thus far neither the season nor the hopes have produced it. We wish they had. But there is an astoundingly true story of two mortal enemies who found peace and became […]
Think about it with Joseph Seiler
Future Back to the Future is a fun movie about a time machine made out of a Delorean car fitted with a flux capacitor that needs a lightning strike to make it work. The future carries all our minds can imagine and more. It is possibility becoming manifest. Depending on my attitude the future can […]
National Park in South Okanagan to be managed “cooperatively”
Proposing the establishment of a national park reserve versus a national park allows for the recognition of title and rights held in the South Okanagan – Similkameen region by the Syilx/Okanagan Nation. The South Okanagan – Similkameen Steering Committee demonstrates the provincial and federal governments call for renewed, nation-to-nation relationships with Indigenous peoples, based on […]
Oil discovery ? Oliver is the new Leduc!
A major crude oil discovery made near Leduc, Alberta, Canada on February 13, 1947. It provided the geological key to Alberta’s most prolific conventional oil reserves and resulted in a boom in petroleum exploration and development across Western Canada. Actually this a company hired to test the soil for a new housing/retail/parking construction project. The site […]
Condolences to the family
Obituary for the late Billy Balaski September 12, 1934 – December 7, 2018 Billy is survived by his wife Grace Balaski (Oliver, BC). three stepchildren: Sandra Watson (Gordon), Red Deer AB, Kelly Melnyk (Jocelyn), Edmonton AB, Mark Melnyk (Gail) Fort Saskatchewan AB, along with seven step-grandchildren. He is also survived by his siblings: Peter […]
About time
Indigenous students in B.C. are completing secondary school at the highest rate in history with increased supports and an improved, modern curriculum that accurately reflects the history of Indigenous peoples in British Columbia. “For too long, Indigenous students in B.C. were held back by a school system that didn’t reflect their history, honour their communities […]