Town spikes plans for Desert Park elevator Osoyoos council will walk away from a $33,000 accessibility grant to build an elevator at Desert Park for fear of stepping into a financial hole. Council had approved $35,930 for the elevator at a November meeting. But the contractor, Kirkwood Elevators, requested an increase of nearly $5,000 […]
School Board Report
Following are some highlights of items discussed at the December 12, 2018 School District No. 53 Board of Education meeting. 10 Take-A-Risk grants were approved in the district for this year. These grants are provided to teams of teachers to work collaboratively planning and assessing new initiatives they are trying in their classrooms. These initiatives […]
White Christmas…. maybe
Saturday basketball at SOSS
SO Secondary School senior boys hosting ALUMNI day on Saturday December 22 from 1-4 Any ex players interested should contact Mo Basso at mbasso@sd53.bc.ca. A different format this year as we will be holding a 4 on 4 tourney. Players can make their own teams or they can choose to be placed on a team.
Peanut Pond townhouses pass third reading
By ROY WOOD Osoyoos council has moved a step closer to allowing a 47-unit townhouse development on the shore of Peanut Pond, despite concerns from some residents and one councillor about potential traffic problems. The proposed site sits immediately northeast of Highway 3 and is bounded by the Super 8 Motel, Peanut Pond and […]
Season of giving so others can receive
1200 items of food donated by students at Oliver Elementary School. This project organized by one class of grade 4’s and one class of grade 7. Both the grades of 3 and 5 donated the most to the food drive. All picked up Monday by the Knight of Columbus **** 2nd Annual Food Drive at […]
Biz licence fees going up; pot sales tops list
By ROY WOOD Two things became clear during a wide-ranging discussion on Osoyoos business licence fees this morning: they are nearly all going up, some quite substantially; and cannabis retailing will likely be the most expensive. Debate centred on a two-pronged report from planning director Gina MacKay, which outlined proposals to move to a “cost […]
Larson hopeful about future of SOGH
By ROY WOOD MLA Linda Larson remains optimistic about the future of the emergency room (ER) at the South Okanagan General Hospital (SOGH), suggesting the health authority wouldn’t be putting money into a service it is planning to close. “There is money on the table for the emergency room,” the member for Boundary Similkameen […]