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  Osoyoos Gift Cupboard women turning attention to helping Vince

  The women who run the Osoyoos Gift Cupboard have turned their attention to helping local homeless man Vince Sam find a safe place this winter. Brenda Dorosz said she...

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  Open burning bans lifted as fire risk decreased

  Bans on open burning were lifted on the weekend in much of the South Okanagan due to decreased fire risk. Last Friday, Category 2 and 3 fires were again...

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  Documentary film tells of balance between competing needs on Okanagan River

  The water of the Okanagan River is a precious resource that must be managed to balance the needs of competing users. That’s the message of a new 38-minute film,...

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  Understanding an animal is key to capturing its essence, says versatile artist George Traicheff

  When George Traicheff sets out to capture the essence of an animal in a painting or lithograph, he brings a deep knowledge of that animal to his work. Traicheff,...

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  Staff report recommends repurposing dog park into ball diamond, while having two off-leash parks on either side of town

  Emotions are expected to run high at Monday’s regular meeting of Town of Osoyoos council as a staff report has recommended that the popular Osoyoos Off-Leash Dog Park be...

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  Osoyoos Elementary students get lesson on firefighting

  Students at Osoyoos Elementary School evacuated their school Wednesday morning for a fire drill that coincided with Fire Prevention Week. After they went through a roll call in the...

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  AUDIO: Osoyoos Times top stories for October 11 – CIRO Radio 106.5 FM

  Every week the Osoyoos Times does a broadcast on CIRO Radio 106.5 FM, the Osoyoos community station, of our top news stories that week. This is the broadcast for Wednesday,...

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  New provincial government continues Resort Municipality funding to Osoyoos

  The new NDP government has committed to continuing Resort Municipality Initiative (RMI) funding for 2018 and Osoyoos Mayor Sue McKortoff is confident the funding will continue well into the...

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  Disability advocate says not enough being done in Osoyoos

  More than 30 years after Canadian icon Rick Hansen wheeled around the world to raise awareness of disability issues, Mike Stiles says he remains greatly disheartened so little has...

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  Premature twins with Osoyoos connections recovering well

  After a very difficult introduction to the world, the “worst appears to be over” for a couple of little girls with strong Osoyoos connections who were born three months...

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