Items heading to Council for budget deliberations in the new year…..   Bylaw Enforcement The committee recommends funding an (in-house) employee for Bylaw enforcement rather than a contractor The impact of the revamped bylaw enforcement in-house would mean a budget increase of approximately $80,000 from last year, mainly due to the increase in wages and […]

UBC and UBC Okanagan plans a new geology campus in the Okanagan south of Secrest on the Willowbrook Rd. ( story March 23, 2012 ) Picture right – the present Picture left – the future Not much info out there on this project but pictures taken this morning show demolition work to remove structures and […]

  Most people spend several decades slowly saving up enough to retire on. Once you get there, the focus shifts to ensuring that you won’t run out of money too soon, and maybe even leaving something behind for your family. The key to ensuring your funds won’t run out is to have a solid financial […]

  No objections to town’s fourth pot store The fourth active cannabis retail proposal for Osoyoos breezed through a public hearing Monday with no objections from the public. The store is planned for an empty storefront in the Lakeview Plaza near City Furniture and the Red Apple. Council approved third reading for the proposal from […]

Oliver Elementary School students conduct annual drive to assist those in need at Christmas time. Knights of Columbus food drive in full swing with donation boxes around Oliver. and delivered to a crowd of willing packers making up boxes for a Saturday due date for deliveries

By ROY WOOD It’s clear that Osoyoos residents will be abandoning blue-bag recycling in favour of plastic bins come July. The questions left to be decided are who will supply the bins and whether they will be the smaller, 121-litre containers or the 240-litre wheeled variety that lend themselves to automated collection technology. After the […]

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