Advocates hope some services will return to Osoyoos – (OSOYOOS TIMES — Nov. 8, 2006) –By Julie TurnerrnOsoyoos TimesDisappointed to see Osoyoos lose Bateman House, the drop-in centre in which Interior Health ran its mental health support programs, local advocate group Osoyoos Family Mental Health Support Society is at least somewhat satisfied that the mental health [...] [...more]
FISHERIES AND OCEANS FUNDED Editor:I want to set the record straight on a number of misleading statements in the media that claim there have been cuts to core Department of Fisheries and Oceans programs here in British Columbia and across the country. The department's supplementary estimates, which were released this week, show the complete picture.Under Canada's [...] [...more]
AFGHANISTAN WAR BRINGS HOME MEANING OF REMEMBRANCE DAY (OSOYOOS TIMES — Nov. 8, 2006) –It's Remembrance Day on Saturday, and this year more than any in recent memory, the real meaning of the observance stares us in the face.For the first time in five decades, except for brief action in the 1991 Gulf War, Canada's men [...] [...more]
– Council to consider proposed seniors care facility on Nov. 6 – (OSOYOOS TIMES — Nov. 1, 2006) –By Lawrence McMahenrnOsoyoos TimesDespite urging from Osoyoos Mayor John Slater that the planned Mariposa seniors care facility should be moved from its proposed site at the junction of Highways 3 and 97 because of serious problems, the developer [...] [...more]
– Penticton crackdown pushes criminals south to Oliver & Osoyoos – (OSOYOOS TIMES — Nov. 1, 2006) –By Julie TurnerrnOsoyoos TimesOsoyoos RCMP Staff Sergeant Kurt Lozinski agrees with Penticton's Inspector Dan Fudge “ criminals are feeling the heat due to stepped up enforcement in that city's crime reduction strategy.But while the recently released 2005 annual RCMP [...] [...more]
