To Councils of Town of Osoyoos Town of Oliver

RDOS map Green – protected areas Yellow – land of indigenous peoples Where you see a name: Princeton to Osoyoos, Oliver to Summerland – population densities in municipalities Grey/Brown – the vast majority of land Now take a look at one slice and ask – why did PC not seek this huge chunk of land […]

Took less than 2 minutes to win a bout. Casey O’Leary down for the count R1 1:58

Ten reasons for a National Park Reserve 1. Establish national park area managed co-operatively with local indigenous nations – Osoyoos and Lower Similkameen Indian Bands 2. Set a boundary around lands in the South Okanagan-Similkameen to restore lost eco-systems 3. Mitigate climate change 4. Preserve 17% of Canada’s land and freshwater 5. To protect Bio […]

The Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure is undertaking Flood Mitigation works on Secrest Hill Rd. This work will require the closure of Secrest Hill Road, To All Traffic, from Wednesday March 20thth through Wednesday April 10th , from Pampas Grass Way to Test Orchard Road. •Access will be accommodated for local residents as follows: ◦To […]

ODN concerned about “quick melt” and lots of water in the next three weeks as temperatures rise to early summer temps. Next week room temperatures expected outside. Air conditioners ? In the last two days we looked at Shuttleworth Creek in OK Falls Vaseux Creek at Gallagher Lake Park Rill at Secrest Reed Creek at […]

THOSE WERE THE DAYS I remember when my children were at play, having four girls meant lots of playing house or even shop-keeping. Fairly quiet games until someone decided they were not being treated fairly. The grumbles and whining would start and gradually increase to bickering and then shouting. This was when I interfered, got […]

Here is my effort to give a somewhat balanced view of each side of the National Park Reserve debate. Perhaps you could also get an ardent ‘No Sider’ to similarly write up their version of the pros and cons. Hopefully you can screen for personal attacks and get both sides to focus on the actual […]