By ROY WOOD The Desert Park Society had its request for financial support rejected by Osoyoos council this afternoon and was also cautioned about its plans for a year-round RV campground on its West Bench site. The society asked council last month for a waiver of about $3,000 in water and sewer charges, about […]
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Osoyoos council won’t support ALR exclusion
By ROY WOOD An attempt to enlist Osoyoos council support for an exclusion from the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) of the last developable property on the town’s East Bench was rejected this afternoon. The discussion surrounding the exclusion proposal revealed something of a rift on council on the appropriate role of the Agricultural Land […]
Osoyoos fills two senior spots
by Roy Wood Osoyoos has hired a new chief administrative officer and a new fire chief, it was announced today. New CAO Allan Chabot comes to the town from Revelstoke, where he has served in the same position since 2015. He has worked in local government for more than 30 years and will take over […]
Helicopters and spike belts – 2 men nabbed – up the hill east of Osoyoos
On June 17, 2019 the Osoyoos RCMP received a report of a suspicious Ford F350 towing a flat deck trailer loaded with an industrial generator on Whitetail Road, 15kms east of Osoyoos. The descriptors of the truck and trailer matched ones that were reported stolen out of Kelowna on June 14 and the generator matched […]
Quote of the week
” I’m really hoping I can pop the champagne one day soon,” she says. “It would be a tremendous accomplishment that would have many people’s fingerprints on it.” Doreen Olson as reported by Gary Mason National Post A document could be ready for signatures as early as July, if concerns of the Osoyoos Indian Band […]
One dead
On June 15th at 06:50 PM Oliver RCMP attended a call for a motorcycle collision North of Oliver at Gallagher Lake. The motorcycle was traveling North when the operator lost control while entering a curve, went off road and through a barb wire fence before stopping. South Okanagan Traffic Services and the Coroner assisted Oliver […]
“Play ball”
“A” Division Champs – Father’s Day Softball at Oliver Fields. This seems to be a Ewisak, Bousfield, Skaros, Morgan team Name the stars
Dusty and dry – Mexico or?
Large format picture Yes those are Mexicans but…..