Archives for May 1, 2020

May 12 ???

BC state of emergency ends – a Tuesday

13 – the following day the entire province is in a state shock as people in caves and basements emerge – with empty tins of pork and beans & soup cans – dumps are over whelmed with debris, rubber gloves, masks and garbage.

14 – The next day – you can go to the car wash and clean the car – ( I noticed on a hot sunny today Scott had opened the doors )

15 – The next day – a lot of businesses in Oliver, contracting firms etc. drive in a parade down main street to show their trucks.

16- The next day a number of shops began to open the drapes&doors and welcome some weary customers with hair down to the ankles…..  nails that need to be trimmed, a back that needed help, a face that needed to be restored…. I think you get it.

17- Next day you can pour your own coffee at 7-11… the vinyl/plastic shields come down.

18- Next day Crucetti’s re-opens with the George Special – beer battered fish and chips – superlative. The line up – around the block to the Police Station

19- Next day Corinne tells Karen and  Kevin – time for the balloons – get a big one!

20 BC liquor stores restore “regular” hours

21 Day Associated with Queen Victoria Day – many swim at Rotary Beach.

22- BCFGA members check out the crop and celebrate our picker-visitors at Lion’s Park.

23- High School in Oliver announces plan to celebrate graduation July 1st.

24- Town of Oliver and RDOS announce that we shall celebrate Canada Day in a way never seen before.

Will this fantasy come to past? Will Bridge Park open soon? Will it become so hot I cannot control the people?

END it.

Regional Update: Non-Essential Travel Not Recommended

As the May long weekend approaches, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) including the City of Penticton, Town of Oliver, Town of Osoyoos, District of Summerland, Village of Keremeos and the Town of Princeton is asking visitors to follow current provincial health directives and avoid travelling at this time.

“Normally at this time of year we welcome thousands of visitors from across B.C., Alberta and other regions who would be in the Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys for tourism and recreation,” says RDOS Chair Karla Kozakevich. “But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re asking visitors to follow provincial health directives and temporarily avoid non-essential travel.”

Many of our smaller communities and rural recreational lakes throughout the Regional District have been inundated with visitors which puts health care professionals, first responders and all citizens at risk. With the influx of visitors, any medical issues due to COVID-19 will also put our small rural hospitals and health care facilities over capacity, and unable to serve both visitors and residents.

Together, we can do our part to protect vulnerable people from COVID-19. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding. We look forward to seeing you again soon, under more favourable circumstances.

Oliver Daily thrives on pictures, photographs and captures.

I have a lot of professional photographers who send photos for publication

I have a lot of very technical photographers who send photos for publication

I have many amateur photographers who submit pictures for publications.

1. ODN reserves the right to size and edit any photograph sent for publication
2. Many pictures sent have already been edited, sized which actually complicates the procedure on this end
3. Most professional camera-persons know what is desired and send a picture-perfect capture
4. Before I go on – ODN has a reputation – ‘da’ best in pictures whether they mine or SO many others that take better pictures than me.
5. Trust the editor to know what fits the wordpress-website the best!!
6. Rules about copy right, water marking do not really apply here.

Here is the question to be considered. If you send a picture….. you might consider it will be considered for publication.

Most are – some are not.

Where?

open to all until 6pm

In a rare display of public displeasure, the chief justice of the B.C. Supreme court has taken aim at the province — blaming it for earlier failures to fund modernization, now badly needed during COVID-19 related closures.

Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson has released a public statement, pushing back against recent comments the courts have been resisting change— contributing to a massive cutback in court hearings and trials due to coronavirus precautions.

“The Court has long been aware of the need to upgrade court technology in order to increase the Court’s ability to provide remote and online access to justice,” writes Justice Hinkson. “Over the years, numerous and repeated requests have been made to government to make the necessary and appropriate investments in this area.”

But he says attempts to get that money have repeatedly failed.

“To date, however, requests for the financial investments necessary to make the strategy a reality have gone unanswered,” says the chief justice.

Attorney General David Eby, responsible for the province’s courts, says he understands Justice Hinkson’s frustration — and he’s working on trying to find a funding solution.

Picture and article: Credit CBC

Cases 2112

Recovered 1322

Died 111

In hospital 112

Recovering at home 567

Outbreak Centres –

21 long term care facilities

Acute Care facilities – 3

Prisons, Meat Plants and Foreign Worker Groups

Tigerhockey.com says

15 year old Oliver hockey player Brett Calhoon has been drafted by a Western Hockey League bantam team the Medicine Hat Tigers.

Calhoon is one of 12 young players to be given this honour for the 2020-2021 season.

Okanagan Hockey Group says

Calhoon born January 10, 2005 – drafted in the ninth round, originally from Kamloops

His mother Debbie Sidwell’s facebook page indicates she attended SOSS as a student.

Paul said – “what a chick!”

The owlet said “wow paparazzi!”

Most baby birds are chick – a baby owl is an owlet