Obituary for the late Michael Garrish   September 15, 1952 – May 2, 2018     On Wednesday, May 2, 2018, Mr. Michael (Mike) Garrish of Oliver passed away surrounded by family at the Kelowna General Hospital at the age of 65 years. Mike will be fondly remembered by his loving family including wife Beth; […]

Today Hwy crews needed to control traffic to get into site of breach of creek that has been running over a parking lot in front of a fruit stand (Between Rds 4 and 5) for a couple of months. A lot of work has gone on here to control the flow. which digs and makes […]

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, […]