The B.C. government is taking a tougher stand to discourage behaviour that contributes to increased wildfire risks, to help protect communities, natural resources and infrastructure from wildfire damage. Proposed legislative amendments introduced today as part of the Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act (Bill 12) include provisions aimed specifically at people who […]
Archives for March 2016
Government gets tough – don’t interfere with firefighters
Photographer Bob Cameron
Spring
submitted by Marjo Koskinen
Delay of OSS closure still possible
By ROY WOOD The recent decision to postpone school closures in a district up the valley will have no impact on the future of the schools in Osoyoos. Okanagan-Similkameen school board chair Marieze Tarr said in an interview that districts face unique challenges that decisions in her district will be based on conditions here, not […]
Letter to the editor
I recently watched a BBC report on a Syrian Refugee camp located at the Hungarian border. During the interview of a young Mother, while she brushed her small daughters’ hair, she explained how she and her husband paid 2000 Euros/person to get out of Syria and come as far as they had. She went on […]
Letter to the editor
What Happens When We’re Gone? There is a certain perceived concern about what happens when a group of people who have formed a Club to do good work in a community finally call it quits. And that will happen from time to time. Last week the Osoyoos Gyro Club was disbanding; the reason – lack […]
OIB steps into Spirit Ridge dispute
The Osoyoos Indian Band announced Thursday it helped broker the peace deal between the Spirit Ridge Owners Association and Bellstar Hotels and Resorts. Under the agreement, the resort’s conference centre, restaurant and check-in centre will become property of the owners, thereby ensuring weddings and other events booked there this summer will go ahead as planned. […]