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  New human-caused wildfire east of Osoyoos Lake angers mayor, residents

    The provincial wildfire management branch is currently investigating the cause of a wildfire that started Friday on Osoyoos Indian Band land northeast of Osoyoos. As of Monday, the...

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  Drunk driving impact made real as OSS students hear from paralyzed man who killed friend

  Kevin Brooks will never be able to wiggle his toes again. When he tells high school students like the ones he spoke to at Osoyoos Secondary School on Monday...

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  Lillian Wells celebrates 100th birthday

  At a century old, Lillian Wells still dresses elegantly and looks much younger than her age. The mother of Osoyoos Mayor Stu Wells celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday,...

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  Osoyoos nurse Gayle Duteil scores upset victory for union presidency

  An Osoyoos woman has become the new president of the 42,000-member B.C Nurses Union (BCNU) in an upset victory. Gayle Duteil, a nurse at South Okanagan General Hospital (SOGH),...

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  Washington State to maintain Osoyoos Lake summer level below the maximum allowed

    Water levels on Osoyoos Lake will be maintained below the maximum allowed, but higher than usual snowpack in the Similkameen River watershed could cause some spring flooding in...

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  Veteran rancher voices his support for South Okanagan national park

  A well-known rancher says if people want to see the South Okanagan grasslands remain in their current state, the only way to make that happen is to establish a...

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  Osoyoos songwriter’s tune remains in contention in popular CBC Searchlight songwriting contest

  One Osoyoos songwriter remains in the running to win the CBC Searchlight songwriting contest. Kansas-Lee Hatherly, 20, and her song The Wrong Place has received enough votes to move...

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  OSS student takes gold in B.C. skills challenge

  Grade 12 student Dalton Rose exceeded even his own expectations when he took first place last week in a provincial skills competition for computer-aided design (CAD). Rose was one...

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• Decorated Canadian Olympian Clara Hughes will visit Osoyoos in late May

  The most decorated female Canadian Olympian in history is coming to Osoyoos. Clara Hughes, who has competed in and won medals in both the winter and summer Olympics in...

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  ‘Frumpy’ Oxbows kiosk to get ‘fabulous’ makeover

  The visitors’ kiosk at Road 22 and the Osoyoos Oxbows will be getting an overhaul and facelift. “We’re going to take it from frumpy to fabulous,” said Bryn White,...

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