– Move will generate $190,000 tax & $190,000 resort funds – (OSOYOOS TIMES — April 25, 2007) –At a special open meeting Monday, Council gave third reading to the Additional Hotel Room Tax Levy Bylaw after receiving clarification on a few issues, including the number of hotel and motel rooms in Osoyoos and some vagueness in [...] [...more]
BARBARA PORTEOUS IS FEISTY . . . AND CANADIAN! (OSOYOOS TIMES — April 25, 2007) –If you look up the word 'feisty' in the dictionary, Osoyoos resident Barbara Porteous' picture isn't there “ but it should be!rnThe 70-year-old great-grandmother was dealt an injustice by an arcane clause in the Citizenship Act that was in effect from [...] [...more]
– Man claims hookups were done legally – (OSOYOOS TIMES — April 18, 2007) –By Julie TurnerrnOsoyoos TimesAt a special open meeting last Thursday morning, Council met to give first three readings to two bylaw amendments to deal with someone it claims has illegally connected up to the Town's water and sewer services.At Monday's regular meeting [...] [...more]
– Town considering building permit for a new structure – (OSOYOOS TIMES — April 18, 2007) –By Lawrence McMahenrnOsoyoos TimesThe Osoyoos Bottle Depot, operating out of a makeshift building since an arsonist destroyed the original Depot last August 10, could be flattened again in the near future.The Town of Osoyoos has ordered the owners to immediately [...] [...more]
– Rocky Mountain Turf Club owner wants definite answer soon – (OSOYOOS TIMES — April 18, 2007) –By Julie TurnerrnOsoyoos TimesTen months after a Town of Osoyoos plebiscite showed 88 per cent of the public supports his horse racing and 'slots' proposal at Desert Park, Rocky Mountain Turf Club (RMTC) head Max Gibb says he is [...] [...more]
– Clear evidence that liquid accelerant used – (OSOYOOS TIMES — April 11, 2007) –By Lawrence McMahenrnOsoyoos TimesAn investigation by the B.C. Fire Commissioner's Office has concluded that arson was the cause of the fire that destroyed the Osoyoos Bottle Depot last summer.The 63-page report from Fire Commissioner's Office investigator Ray Aitken says physical evidence at [...] [...more]
– Crown felt guilt could not be proven beyond reasonable doubt – (OSOYOOS TIMES — April 11, 2007) –By Julie TurnerrnOsoyoos TimesThe Osoyoos Times has learned that Michael Ellis, whose trial was set to begin Wednesday, April 4 in Penticton Provincial Court, walked out of jail Thursday, March 29.The Crown dropped all charges because it decided, [...] [...more]
COUNCIL SHOULD LISTEN — AND SAVE DESERT PARK Editor:[b]Re: Desert Park Equestrian Centre, Osoyoos, B.C. “ Gaming Location[/b]rnYes, we have a horse race track in Osoyoos but ¦ NO! Desert Park is NOT open to horse training.I have been asked endless times about Desert Park Equestrian Centre and when races and horse-related activities were going to [...] [...more]
– Town's five-year financial plan also released – (OSOYOOS TIMES — April 4, 2007) –By Julie TurnerrnOsoyoos TimesOsoyoos Town Council gave the public its first look at the preliminary budget for 2007, revealing a tax increase of three per cent, down from last year's four-per-cent tax hike.It also gave first three readings to the proposed budget [...] [...more]
– New vineyards overrunning former irrigation ditch – (OSOYOOS TIMES — April 4, 2007) –By Lawrence McMahenrnOsoyoos TimesThe Town of Osoyoos is scrambling to reassert its claim to a 40-foot-wide piece of land just west of Highway 97 that stretches from Road 22, north of Osoyoos Lake, all the way south to the U.S. border “ [...] [...more]
