Zoning change on hold Last Monday, Osoyoos Town Council considered a rezoning application for a property known as Casa Del Mila Oro, located on the northeast side of Lakeshore Drive.The applicant, Chris Stewart, requested the amendment to change the land use designation from C4 - Tourist Commercial to CR - Commercial Residential.Prior to council's consideration, a [...] [...more]
Concerned citizens form new society Osoyoos Now meeting attracts large turnoutAre you concerned about the future of Osoyoos and area?This was the question posed to an assembly of concerned citizens in Osoyoos last week. A new president and executive has been selected for the former Town of Osoyoos Ratepayers Association (TORA) and officially chose the [...] [...more]
Osoyoos winner Lissa Murseli won the title of B.C. Ambassador in a pageant that took place in Merritt this past weekend.Murseli will represent Osoyoos as B.C. Ambassador, along with co-ambassadors Laura Pedersen of Nanaimo and Alyssa Moritz of Kamloops.The three were chosen from a total of 14 candidates who competed for the honour.Murseli was the third [...] [...more]
Town is indeed going wild with too much development Editor:rnOK PEOPLE OF OSOYOOS, IT'S THE ZERO HOUR!! Read Denis and Maureen Potter's letter in the Aug 10th edition of the Osoyoos Times, and be sure to read the article on page 4, then go to the bottom right hand corner of page 29 (same issue), [...] [...more]
Even the Wet Coast has concerns about water useage Hands up those of you who are concerned about the ability of the South Okanagan region to keep pace with its increasing water demands.That seems to include just about everybody.In a decision handed down last week in B.C. legal circles, there now seems to be a new [...] [...more]
OCP finally gets input Osoyoos' Official Community Plan (OCP) Committee is at work on the town's new OCP. When completed, this document will provide a blueprint for the town's direction over the next few years. Osoyoos residents recently had the opportunity to review a partial draft of the town's new OCP, and a summary [...] [...more]
Local girl going to competition The Osoyoos native, who competed and won the local honour of representing Osoyoos in 2003, will be competing in the B.C. Ambassador program August 9 - 13 in Merritt. Murseli will face tough competition against thirteen other candidates, all past royalty from around British Columbia, for one of three coveted positions.In [...] [...more]
More development coming? Palcor Management, the developer resposible for the Sole Vita beachfront townhouse development along Cottonwood Drive, has set its sights on a new piece of property along Lakeshore Drive. The company held an information meeting on the afternoon of August 3 at the Sonora Centre to answer questions and show the concept [...] [...more]
A town gone wild Editor:rnOn August 3, 2005, we attended a very poorly advertised public information meeting concerning a rezoning application to allow a huge new development on Lakeshore Drive. The sites in question are the former Desert Springs Par 3 Golf Course and the adjacent walnut grove. These properties are presently zoned Park / Recreation [...] [...more]
When is it time to say, No thanks, I know enough already? Following the progress of this week's Space Shuttle Discovery, noting the long interuption between space flights, and being reminded that there are two human beings living in space year-round, one can't help but wonder: What are we doing all this for? Why spend all [...] [...more]
