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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Some say it is open Some say they cannot hear Some say security begins tomorrow Some say first event for member/owners next weekend Some say a grass fire Sunday at the track 6:06 pm

WOW event Chair Barb Seiler in yellow tee-shirt A fun afternoon for recipients, ladies of WOW, The Mayor and his wife – and ODN – playing family feud most of the afternoon. Other groups receiving funds but not present: Desert Sun, Maple Springs Bible Camp, SOSS bursary, Oliver Boy’s and Girls Club and Oliver Parks […]