The Town of Osoyoos is actively working on a plan to get residents who were evacuated during the recent flooding of Osoyoos Lake, back into their homes. Solana Key The water has been successfully removed from this road through Gabion Baskets and pumps. Crews are now cleaning up the area and a rapid damage assessment […]

You are couple in retirement years.  You bought a lovely place in a fairly remote area west of Osoyoos. Then the water began to show up. To move towards your property and then your outbuildings and finally to your road and foundations. Local government response. Can’t really do much. It’s not a government managed lake […]

Barb and Ernie Race

        sta·bi·lize • become unlikely to change or decline

  Free dumping of lake flooding debris Debris accumulated following the recent lake flooding can be dumped at the Osoyoos landfill for free until the end of June. Council voted today to allow the free dumping after a report from operations director Jim Dinwoodie suggested that fees be waived for such things as wood, branches, […]

  By ROY WOOD In the face of disappointing demand for the affordable houses in the Meadowlark subdivision, Osoyoos council has drastically reduced the wait time before buyers can sell the homes at a profit. Revealing what was decided in-camera two weeks ago, Mayor Sue McKortoff said today the 20-year period has been slashed to […]

  By ROY WOOD Concerned with the scourge of plastic-waste pollution, a class of grade-11 students urged Osoyoos council on Tuesday to take a couple of steps to fight back. Plastic drinking straws and discarded cigarette butts were the targets of two delegations from Sarah Gilchrist’s English class, which crowded council chambers. Council members were […]