Linda is actually using this picture as inspiration for a painting in progress “I decided to photograph my honeybee work in progress shot outside for brightness. I put it in front of some of my flower pots. I plucked a single bloom from the coneflowers growing next to the patio to fill an empty spot. […]
Coming up at the Frank Venables Theatre
During the coming year, four Friday nights at the Venables Theatre will be filled with entertainment for families. A special treat for moms and dads, aunts and uncles, guardians and grandparents and anyone else who enjoys a night out with their kids. The new series is called Family ShowTime and tickets to all four shows […]
Be on the look out – fight crime
South Okanagan – Police in Oliver are asking for the public’s assistance in locating two individuals wanted on outstanding warrants. Police in Oliver are requesting the public’s assistance in locating both Lloyd John Baptiste, 39 years, and Timothy Clampitt. Both have outstanding warrants in relation to serious offences. Lloyd John Baptiste is currently being sought […]
Local winery celebrates art at school
Tinhorn Creek Vineyards’ Director of Sales and Marketing Jan Nelson presents a $15,000 cheque on behalf of the winery’s Celebrate the Arts charity to Tracy Harrington, Principal, South Okanagan Secondary School, during the Lovecoast concert at Tinhorn Creek Vineyards on Saturday August 25th. The donation will be divided equally between Oliver Elementary School, Tuc-el-Nuit Elementary School and […]
Looking for at least 10 volunteers
The Oliver Osoyoos Search and Rescue team (OOSAR) typically undertakes two to three winter searches annually since their inception in 1975. Every year, at least one of these searches involves lost or injured snowmobilers. OOSAR Search Manager Rob Selsing states, “Typically, it is males we end up searching for ranging in age from young adult […]
Crime forum draws large and feisty crowd
By ROY WOOD More than 400 people crowded the main room at the Oliver Community Centre this evening to share ideas and vent frustration at what most of them see as a growing crime problem in the South Okanagan. While there was little by way of hard numbers or crime statistics, there was an obvious […]
Packed house – seemed to run out of chairs
Crime forum on at Community Hall in Oliver Tuesday evening News is in the turnout – 400 plus according to organizer Michael Guthrie Police, prison officials, elected officials and a whole lot of concerned people from Osoyoos, Oliver and OK Falls. A the outset of meeting moderator Fred Steele asked how many of you have […]