New Arrivals
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Spirit of Oliver
Maureen Johnson-Doerr accepts award for the Ambassador’s Committee (Doerr, Wanda Casorso and Andrea White) at the Spirit of Oliver awards last Saturday at the Fire Hall Bistro
14 year old Kelsey Beckett-Youth award winner, Community Group receipient Maureen Johnson-Doerr, John & Lynn Bremmer and Mayor Pat Hampson
The Brush of Gary Ripley
Gary Ripley, artist
Former Oliver student and grandson of pioneer Clayton Ripley paints with a quality brush and has forwarded these two items for our review.
Gary Ripley was born in 1950 in the Okanagan Valley in Oliver, B.C. He first traveled to Calgary to attend the Alberta College of Art and graduated with Honors in 1972.
Recognition for [...]
Canada’s Con Job
Estate wineries and all VQA brands are not importing the wines.
The bulk wines are brought in under different brands or sometimes only slightly different labels by the Big Three winemakers, Vincor, owner of the Jackson-Triggs label, Andrew Peller Ltd. owner of the Peller Estates label, and the Mark Anthony Group, owner of Mission Hill and [...]
BC’s dirty little secret
Consumers are reacting with anger and confusion over revelations that imported bulk wine is being labeled and sold as B.C. wine.
“Customers want the real thing. They don’t want a faux B.C. wine,” said John Clerides, owner of the private wine store Marquis Wine Cellars over the growing consumer reaction against wines being sold in B.C. [...]
Beyond Bliss to open Nov. 2nd
BEYOND BLISS
opens Monday November 2nd in Oliver BC at the former Periwinkles Store site. Three businesses will operate within on setting led by Maureen Johnson-Doerr
Maureen is taking her years of experience in retail and cosmetics and bringing to the women of Oliver creating a fantastic, exciting shopping experience. Maureen will incorporate purses, jewellery, cosmetics, skincare, [...]
Blended deceit infuriates growers!
Canada’s wine industry
Blended deceit from the nanny state
Outsourcing terroir
Sep 10th 2009
From The Economist
Bottled here, not just cellared
THE idea of Canadian wine invites disbelief in those who think of the country as being a frozen wilderness. In fact, British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley, blessed with a Mediterranean microclimate, is home to some respectable vintages and southern Ontario, [...]
Recycle those POP tins!!
Austin Basso demonstrates the proper use of new recycle bins. The garbage bins allow regular garbage on the left side and a recycle container on the right. They are located at the High School and at the Community Park and supplied by the Town of Oliver. Grow Green.
Carnegie Hall tenor sings in Oliver
Ken Lavigne set to sing at Alliance Church September 14 at 7:30 pm
Travelling with a two-man ensemble, Lavigne describes the show as an eclectic mix of classical repertoire, musical theatre, ballads and more.
“It’s a bit of a mixed bag,” he says. “People should expect the unexpected at these shows. Anything can happen. We might pop [...]