Osoyoos and Electoral Area “A” residents should be aware that Osoyoos Lake is expected to continually rise over the next several days. This is a result of the higher than normal snowpack in upper elevation mountains starting to melt with the warmer temperatures. Water Stewardship is monitoring flows from the Okanagan River; however, there are […]

The Town of Osoyoos is watching the rapid rise of Osoyoos Lake closely. Director of corporate services Janette Van Vianen told councillors Monday the lake is at 913.92 feet, about a foot below the high-water mark last year. “People that were almost flooding last year should probably consider sandbagging,” she said. Calling the situation “scary,” Mayor […]

The Southern Interior Local Government Association (SILGA) created a community excellence awards program to acknowledge those communities or regions which promote initiatives related to Environmental Sustainability, Social Responsibility, or Economic Development, and every year invites all local governments to share their accomplishments as a nomination for one of these categories. At SILGA, on April 25th, […]

Thank you to the people of Oliver, for allowing us to host an event that saw over 300+ firefighters from 70 departments in British Columbia, 3 departments from Alberta and 1 from Washington State come train, learn valuable skills and interact with fellow firefighters from our great province. We want to say thank you to […]

  By ROY WOOD Osoyoos is pushing ahead with subsidies for a 49-unit bunkhouse for hotel and restaurant workers despite concerns from town management that some excluded business owners may object. The project is the brainchild of local hospitality industry businesses struggling to find staff, partly because of the extreme difficulty workers face in finding […]