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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Judge Meg Shaw – BC provincial court Thursday ordered two Penticton people to stand trial for the second-degree murder of Roxanne Louie. Pier Louie Robotti and Grace Elinor Robotti, elderly siblings charged with killing Louie in January 2015. Lawyers on both sides are due back in court March 21 to set a date for trial. […]