Dev changes supported There was a good crowd in attendance to hear about proposed changes to the Regal Ridge development.A public hearing, which was held at the Sun Bowl Arena Wednesday March 23 at 7 p.m, was held to address changes to the zoning of properties located east of the town of Osoyoos in the Anarchist [...] [...more]
DC Shoes picks local company to design new shoe Osoyoos clothing and accessory store Unity has landed a great marketing opportunity.The local store has been selected to design a shoe for DC Shoes, a $100 million shoe company based in California.The shoe company, which is now owned by Quicksilver, is the third largest in North America, [...] [...more]
Overcrowding and development could spell disaster for Osoyoos Lake Osoyoos Lake was beautiful. Nice beaches, clean sand, good clear water, said Osoyoos Oxbow Restoration Society president and RDOS director Eike Scheffler, reminiscing back to the Osoyoos of the fifties and sixties.Scheffler, who has also worked in the region as a biologist, sees the negative results of [...] [...more]
Issue is taxation without representation Editor:rnI'm sorry.As an aged prairie chicken I would never presume to speak for anyone.I am the same person who several years ago wrote to the Osoyoos Times remarking on the quality of people we meet in the post office, the stores, shops, restaurants, etc. who were and are so helpful and [...] [...more]
Changes to Sun Bowl Arena are being done without input The announcement of a $97,000 grant for Sun Bowl Arena unfortunately creates far more questions than it does answers.In most cases any grant from the provincial government would be considered a good thing. However, in this case we aren't so sure.That's because the grant is for [...] [...more]
Reaction mixed on options Public reaction to Urban Systems' open house held last Thursday at Osoyoos town hall was intense.Local area residents came to see how the town spent their $8,400 to conduct a study of the future of Desert Park. Many were disappointed with what they saw.The most overwhelming reaction from townspeople, whether or not [...] [...more]
Options to decide future of Desert Park future unveiled at Open House After weeks of waiting, the townhall meeting on the future of Desert Park was finally held last week.Urban Systems, the consulting firm hired by the Town of Osoyoos to study and conceptualize Desert Park met with Osoyoos residents last Thursday at the town hall [...] [...more]
Town contemplates appealing Rattlesnake decision The Town of Osoyoos council passed a resolution at Monday night's public meeting that they approach the Union of B.C. Municipalities and the Attorney General for assistance with respect to launching an appeal against the recent Rattlesnake Canyon decision.In last week's judgement, Mr. Justice Brooke ruled the town's noise bylaw was [...] [...more]
Hotel tax should wait until community plan is complete The problem with Destination Osoyoos' proposed hotel tax is that it assumes the community as a whole in Osoyoos has a vision for its own future.Unfortunately, that assumption is wrong.As Osoyoos continues to boom, the one glaring thing missing from this community is a future vision, and [...] [...more]
Judge turfs Town of Osoyoos case against Rattlesnake Canyon The Town of Osoyoos' bid to have Rattlesnake Canyon's go-cart operations stopped has been thrown out of court.In a 16-page Reason for Judgement The Honourable Mr. Justice Brooke dismissed the injunction sought by the town and ordered that the town pay the costs for Rattlesnake Canyon.No dollar [...] [...more]
