$150,000 for Official Community Plan update More than five years later than recommended in provincial legislation, Osoyoos is jumping into a review and update of its Official Community Plan (OCP). According to a report to council from planning director Gina MacKay, an OCP is “a local … bylaw that provides objectives and policies to guide […]
Archives for 2019
How many Osoyoos pot shops is too many?
By ROY WOOD Another zoning application for a pot shop in downtown Osoyoos got an initial okay from council today, bringing to five the number of such facilities in the approval pipeline. Four of the proposed cannabis retailing sites are within about four blocks of each other. The latest application is aimed at an empty […]
Osoyoos opens the vault for community groups
By ROY WOOD It was a good news day today for several Osoyoos community groups as town council approved about $65,000 in Community Service Grants. According to report from financial services director Gerald Davis, the town received more than 25 applications seeking more than $100,000 in total. A committee, including town staff and Councillors Myers […]
On the Sunnyside
Nerves are Messengers How does the brain control the work and reactions of muscles and organs? Our brain is an amazingly complex, super-super ‘computer’ that looks like a 3 pound spongy walnut. It sends its commands via a massive network of nerves, reaching every part of our body. The sole of our foot is very […]
Big job – Vaseux Creek is running
Fish bearing creek at south side of Deer Park Homes – creek has been damned and moved around for water to move primarily on the south side of the bed. This allows low flow/dry bed on the north so that rip rap can be dumped and the property line land and roadway can be re-constructed. […]
Grass fires all the rage – no joke
A quick spin around the province indicates that open burning, burn piles etc. may cause larger fires. *OPEN BURNING NOT PERMITTED APRIL 15 TO OCTOBER 15 EACH YEAR. A burning permit entitles to you four (4) burning sessions during the calendar year. The Okanagan-Similkameen valleys often experience weather systems called inversions. An inversion makes the […]
Four weeks to go – PRH Tower opens April 29
While excitement builds and the countdown continues, the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation has entered the home stretch in its $20-million campaign to provide the medical equipment for the PRH expansion. Millions of dollars in new equipment is already in place, but there’s still $1.2 million left to raise. “We’ve received incredible support from throughout […]
by Pat Whalley
OH, EXCUSE ME Is it because I am getting older and maybe more crotchety that it seems that many people do not seem to have good manners around their fellow man? I remember when I was a child I was not supposed to speak when adults were talking and certainly not allowed to interrupt a […]