Posted on 30 June 2009
The Osoyoos Indian Band and the Town of Osoyoos are working on a boundary adjustment agreement that will transfer roughly 16 hectares of land near 45th Street into the reserve. The agreement stems from a settlement made between the band and the Canadian government in the late 1990s regarding the John Carmichael Haynes land claim in the area 150 years ago. Continue Reading...
Posted on 30 June 2009
If you live in the Osoyoos area, it’s soon going to be a lot more expensive to have your septic tank pumped. “We do 1,000 septic tanks a year,” said John Mills, owner of Osoyoos’s Darlorn Septic Service. Right now, it costs about $360 to have your septic tank pumped out and hauled away. That’s already a jump from the 2008 rate. Continue Reading...
Posted on 30 June 2009
OSOYOOS TIMES-July 1, 2009 By Paul Everest - Osoyoos Times A Kamloops-area woman who was stopped at the Osoyoos border crossing with 31 kilograms of cocaine has been sentenced to seven years in jail. Debra L. Lynch, 31, pleaded guilty in Penticton provincial court on June 25 to charges of importation of a controlled substance and possession for [...] Continue Reading...
Posted on 30 June 2009
Tony Slovak said he did his homework when he was considering a new way to sanitize the water in the pools and waterslides at the Osoyoos RV Campground and Waterslides park he owns with his wife Nadia. Concerned about water quality, he found international studies that convinced him that ultra violet (UV) sanitation was the most environmentally friendly way to go to keep the park clean. Interior Health regulations, however, require that chlorine be used for public pools and waterslides and Tony’s idea about switching from chlorine to UV sanitation sank. Continue Reading...
Fridays Osoyoos Elks Bingo. 7 p.m. Osoyoos Elks Hall. 8506 92nd Ave. Saturdays Market on Main. 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Town Centre. United Church Thrift Store hours Tues. & Wed. Noon – 3 p.m. Thurs. & Fri. 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. May 16 – Sept. 5 Osoyoos Art Gallery. Show & Sale of works. July 3 Osoyoos [...] [...more]
Editor: Are we letting the transients take over our town? They are now hanging their washing on the fence by the Seniors (Centre) and Lawn Bowling. Also, regarding Lions Park, which has been a family park, they were reported twice as they were drinking and carrying on and also letting their dogs run loose. Can we not do anything [...] [...more]
OSOYOOS TIMES-July 1, 2009 Summer is here and it’s time to step up the enforcement of the “No diving or jumping” policy in effect at the Hwy. 3 bridge that connects east and west Osoyoos. Since the hot weather arrived, it’s not uncommon to see scores of people in swimsuits hanging around at the bridge, often on [...] [...more]
Editor: The people move here because it is so beautiful with orchards and vineyards all around us. Then they try to change the work practices of us farmers. Cannons are used here to help us protect the fruit crop. Birds come in huge flocks when the fruit is ripening. We use netting, strips and cannons, all of which are not [...] [...more]
OSOYOOS TIMES-June 24, 2009 Watching a loved one die right before your eyes must be terrible. And nothing but sympathy should be directed towards Gilles Blackburn, whose wife, Marie-Josée Fortin, ended up succumbing to hypothermia after the couple became lost in the back country of the East Kootenay region for roughly a week in February. The anger and [...] [...more]
