– Many packinghouse-site details still to be resolved – (OSOYOOS TIMES — August 30, 2006) –Developers of the four-storey, 153-suite Watermark Beach Resort planned for the old packinghouse site in downtown Osoyoos are starting to satisfy local authorities on details of the major project.The resort along Main Street from Gyro Beach to SuperValu will include a [...] [...more]
NATIONAL PARK A GOOD MOVE Editor:We don't see where the national park system is now pushing the sale of pristine national parks as is our provincial government, who is presently pushing sale of portions of the provincial parks.We understand that there is not any desire of national parks to develop as was the case in some [...] [...more]
SOMETHING IN THE WATER MAKES OSOYOOS A HOCKEY TOWN (OSOYOOS TIMES — August 30, 2006) –There must be something in the Osoyoos water or air or lake “ or something “ that makes for great hockey players and fans in our town.Two developments we cover in this edition of the Times add more proof to that [...] [...more]
– Residents & business owners will be able to comment on draft bylaw – (OSOYOOS TIMES — August 23, 2006) –By Julie TurnerrnOsoyoos TimesTown Council is proposing to regulate signs in Osoyoos.Local business owners and residents will have the chance to voice their opinion on the proposed bylaw, which would regulate all types of signs in [...] [...more]
– Dispute over extra storey now settled – (OSOYOOS TIMES — August 23, 2006)The Town and a developer have settled a dispute over permitted construction, with the developer agreeing to take down one storey of a local complex that is already partly built.A Stop Work Order issued last month by the Town of Osoyoos against VOTL [...] [...more]
– Many task force activities planned – (OSOYOOS TIMES — August 23, 2006)The battle against crystal meth in Osoyoos and Oliver has begun “ and it has started with a bang.Forty-eight people attended an August 17th meeting in Osoyoos to form the new South Okanagan Crystal Meth Task Force, a number that delighted the initiative's co-ordinator, [...] [...more]
VILLAGE ON THE LAKE CASE SETS A GOOD EXAMPLE (OSOYOOS TIMES — August 23, 2006) –Osoyoos Town Hall and developer Narinder Virk are to be commended for coming to a solution to bring his Village on the Lake complex into compliance with the town's development permit, before the matter had to proceed to court.The two sides [...] [...more]
– Firefighters save nearby buildings – (OSOYOOS TIMES — August 16, 2006) –By Lawrence McMahenrnOsoyoos TimesThe B.C. Fire Commissioner's Office is looking at arson as the possible cause of what RCMP call a suspicious fire that levelled the Osoyoos Bottle Depot in the early morning hours of last Thursday.No one was injured in the fire, but [...] [...more]
– Smokey haze may return to area skies – (OSOYOOS TIMES — August 16, 2006) -]By Julie TurnerrnOsoyoos TimesAlthough wildfires continue to burn in the Okanogan Mountain Range in Washington State, a cold front moved through the B.C. Southern Interior last Wednesday, shifting winds north-westerly and clearing smoke from the Osoyoos area. The cleaner and more [...] [...more]
– Owner plans townhouse development on site – (OSOYOOS TIMES — August 16, 2006) -]By Julie TurnerrnOsoyoos TimesInsurance expenses and a dwindling patronage have helped Osoyoos RV Campground and Waterslides owner Tony Slovak decide this year will be the last for the campground.He plans to develop his 3.3-acre site on Lakeshore Drive as a townhouse complex [...] [...more]
