– Town issues hunting permits to help cull local geese – (OSOYOOS TIMES — Jan. 10, 2007) –By Julie TurnerrnOsoyoos TimesOn the afternoon of December 27, Osoyoos resident Fred Cawdell was sitting at his computer when a hail of birdshot hit the front window of his Cedar Villa mobile home in east Osoyoos.I couldn't believe what [...] [...more]
– Leads police on high-speed chase around Oliver – (OSOYOOS TIMES — Jan. 10, 2007) –Christopher Wayne Ellis, a name familiar to local RCMP and Osoyoos Times readers, faces nine charges, including three counts of kidnapping, after allegedly leading several South Okanaganpolice detachments on a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle with a terrified family along [...] [...more]
– Sudanese refugees sponsored to Osoyoos – (OSOYOOS TIMES — Jan. 3, 2007) –The seven members of the Nyarza family had much to be happy about as they arrived in Osoyoos from Nairobi, Kenya by way of Vancouver and Kelowna, just in time to celebrate New Year's Eve in Canada.Although the climate was cold, the welcome [...] [...more]
– Funding will support education & research programs – (OSOYOOS TIMES — Jan. 3, 2007) –The Osoyoos Desert Centre was one of 205 organizations awarded a total of $6.3 million in community environmental and safety grants last month by the B.C. government.The Desert Centre is being given a $45,000 environmental grant, designed to help non-profit community [...] [...more]
PREMIER LISTS ACHIEVEMENTS By Gordon CampbellrnPremier of B.C.Many of us are taking time to reflect back on 2006 even as we look forward to a new year, with new successes and new opportunities. Like any year, 2006 required us all to face both challenges and loss.It was the year a tiny community showed us what true [...] [...more]
2007 MAY BE AS EXCITING AS 2006 WAS FOR OSOYOOS (OSOYOOS TIMES — Jan. 3, 2007) –All of us at the Osoyoos Times want to wish everyone in town a Happy New Year and all the best for 2007.We are in the fascinating position here at the newspaper of being able to watch most of the [...] [...more]
– Owners say change will cut their business by 50% – (OSOYOOS TIMES — Dec. 27, 2006) –By Julie TurnerrnOsoyoos TimesAfter the last campers have pulled out of Brookvale Holiday Resort at the end of the next summer, the lakeside portion of the property will revert back to a public park.At its December 14 meeting, the [...] [...more]
– Advisory Design Panel will advise staff, not developers – (OSOYOOS TIMES — Dec. 27, 2006) –By Julie TurnerrnOsoyoos TimesIn a move Mayor John Slater says will streamline the development application process, Council has shifted some control from an appointed citizen committee to Town planning staff.At its December 18 meeting Council voted to modify the role [...] [...more]
– Plan is for occupancy to start next fall – (OSOYOOS TIMES — Dec. 27, 2006) –The developers planning a major seniors complex on the site of the current Osoyoos Elks Hall on Highway 97 say they hope the first stage of their facility will be ready for occupancy sometime next fall.Pat Frewer, President of Seniorhome, [...] [...more]
THANKS TO ALL WHO KEEP THE SIDEWALKS CLEAN Editor:I'd like to THANK all the good people who have been keeping their sidewalks clean and free of ice.And a special Thank You to the Town crew members who have been out with metal shovels on 74th Avenue cleaning the ice and snow from sidewalks, so we can [...] [...more]
