by Roy Wood  With less than two years until possession, the serious fund raising is about to begin as the Osoyoos Museum and Archives gets ready to move to the current Home Building Centre on Main Street. Museum board president Mat Hassen told town council Monday morning that $685,000 of the $2.5 million budget is […]

 Two advance polling days set for October vote Osoyoos residents will have two advance polls for this year’s October 20 general election, on October 10 and 17. Council approved the amended elections bylaw on Monday to conform to the requirement for two advance polls for jurisdictions with populations of more than 5,000. Staff considered October […]

It is not the purpose of ODN to expose facts not known to police or published by court documents by the Province of BC. Only a court can determine guilt. Godbout implicated in the half million dollar damage to the Telus Cell tower recently. Please refer to previous stories on ODN.  

Sturdy Entrance, Pool and overall size of it – By July 1st

A reader from Osoyoos sends this in: Just  want to clear up a bit of misinformation that came up following your article about the former Testalinda school. One of the “Comments” claims that the building was formerly a Baptist church. Another comment states that it was a Kingdom Hall (Jehovah’s Witnesses). In fact, the building […]

The name “Olalla” is a derivative of the Chinook word “Olallie”, the local name for Saskatoon berries. The area was a popular hunting area for Similkameen Natives and the creek helped operate the early grist mill for those growing grains. Locals were startled by the hundreds of prospectors crawling over the hillsides at the turn […]

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