Photo 1 – Winners’ A Ladies event. Skip Joelle Majeau, Cindy Grigg, Steffany Buholzer, and Vanessa Harrison Photo 2 – Winner’s A Mens event. Skip Glen Brennan, Art Lappalainen, John McKay, and Roland Dheilly Photos submitted by Dale Dodge
Archives for 2020
Letter to the editor
Avro Oil – ALC decision For many years now Mr. Feeny and his companies Avro Oil, and EZ Outdoor Storage have been and still are outstanding members of our business community and good corporate citizens. During this time variances were needed as is often the case for business to meet regulations. Where these caused no […]
July 1st – Osoyoos residents go green with no blue bags
Each pickup location will pay $42 a year for at least six years. This option puts the onus on the waste contractor to do maintenance to the system not the Town. Recycle BC is requiring that the Town go to a pickup of recyclables without the use of plastic(Blue) bags by July 1st of 2020. […]
Aggravated assault charges dropped against Summerland man
On Thursday, February 20, a stay of proceedings was enter in BC Supreme Court…. Gregory Stanley Nield had been set to be re-tried for allegations he assaulted his psychiatrist at Penticton General Hospital 6 years ago. Nield was set for retrial on the matter in which he confronted Dr. Rajeev Sheoran on Dec. 5, 2014, […]
Big costs planned for Osoyoos
Budget Discussion 2020 o $11,900,000.00 capital requirement to design and building new ground water treatment facility, required water system upgrades and universal water metering. Necessary commitment from the community of approximately $5.3 million; this includes the cost of metering as well as the community’s 27% financial commitment o Re-assignment of $400,000.00 capital planning […]
by Pat Whalley
WRAP IT UP Clean up our world!!! Get rid of pollution!! Recycle!! These commands seem to be the new watchwords of our society and, I think, most people are doing a little something to try and solve the problem. Most of us do our bit at recycling. Our garbage collection encourages us to separate our […]
On the Sunnyside..
No Charge for Love A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups and set about nailing it onto a post on the edge of the farm. As he was driving in the last nail he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the […]
Torrey Allen is on the road…again
I am always excited to see apples from Oliver. The Fairview Gold were on sale in early December at the IGA in Port McNeill. The Ambrosia apples we purchased in Palm Desert, California. It was surprise to see these apples for sale in Stater Brothers, a local grocery chain. Price $1.25 USD* There are so […]