The two red flags indicate danger and delay Exact details unknown Hwy 1 closed east of Revelstoke due to accidents The Okanagan Connector/Coquihalla is not open completely with less than nice road conditions – a lot of accidents in last couple of days. If you HAVE to travel – be prepared. Drive during the day […]
Archives for November 2015
Letter to the editor
The KVR -Management Plan needs to be adjusted. It is anticipated the corridor to be a multi-purpose trail that preserves an atmosphere of minimum conflict and which are without undue liability risk to user, communities, adjacent land owners, and the Province of B.C. Under the Current licence of Occupation: Section O v The licensee is […]
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Young photographers on the SOICS art wall
Top photo – Sarah Stanley of Okanagan Falls points to her ‘fall leaves on a walk path’ photograph. As the second photograph shows – this display on Main Street is about the work of grade 9 and 10 students from SOSS’s art classes.
Town of Osoyoos – council briefs
Regional heritage program will have to wait Council decided Monday to wait for an administration report before deciding whether to join a regional heritage site initiative. Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen rural projects coordinator Lindsay Bourque told council the town’s annual share of the cost of the regional heritage program would be about $1,700. […]
Public input will precede conservation funding
By ROY WOOD Osoyoos town council will test the waters of public opinion before embarking on any commitment to a conservation fund aimed at protecting the environment. Two weeks ago, a representative from the South Okanagan Similkameen Conservation Program lobbied council to consider establishing a fund that would help protect “one of the most […]
Refugee backlash feared following Paris slaughter
By ROY WOOD The couple driving the plan to bring a Syrian refugee family to Osoyoos fears the effects the Friday attacks in Paris might have on enthusiasm for the project. Speaking to an Osoyoos town council committee Monday, Michael and Vera Ryan said the project “may be facing some headwinds” following the murderous […]