– Interior Health sometimes closes beaches in late-August – (OSOYOOS TIMES — July 25, 2007) –By Chad IngramrnOsoyoos TimesOsoyoos swimmers, sun-tanners and beach bums will be happy to know Interior Health has given the town's beaches a clean bill of health, at least for now. Its two most popular swimming holes, Gyro Beach and Legion Beach, [...] [...more]
– Elementary school teacher to help coach Prince Albert Raiders – (OSOYOOS TIMES — July 25, 2007) –By Chad IngramrnOsoyoos TimesAn Osoyoos teacher is trading in his marking pen for a whistle and hockey stick, as he takes a shot at coaching in the Western Hockey League (WHL).Craig Bedard has taught at Osoyoos Elementary School for [...] [...more]
LOTS OF GOOD NEWS HAPPENING IN TOWN THIS SUMMER (OSOYOOS TIMES — July 25, 2007) –Today's Osoyoos Times contains a number of 'good news' items, and they deserve repeating in this space:¢ Representatives of the federal, provincial, Town and regional district governments got together last week to announce $4.5 million funding to add 120 homes all [...] [...more]
– Huge housing project needs changes to OCP & zoning – (OSOYOOS TIMES — July 18, 2007) –It seems the large Willow Beach housing development planned for the north tip of Osoyoos Lake is making progress, slowly but steadily.The developers have submitted their application to the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) for amendments to the area's [...] [...more]
– Regal Ridge developer donates customized $400,000-plus pumper – (OSOYOOS TIMES — July 18, 2007) –By Lawrence McMahenrnOsoyoos TimesThe Anarchist Mountain Volunteer Fire Department is now better equipped to fight fires in its unique mountain residential terrain, thanks to a huge donation from Regal Ridge property developer Adrian Erickson.Dignitaries and dozens of Anarchist Mountain residents gathered [...] [...more]
ROUND 2 OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS IS UNDERWAY (OSOYOOS TIMES — July 18, 2007) –The issue of public access to beaches around Osoyoos Lake has flared up again.The question of whether resorts had the right to close off the beaches in front of their property to the public was raised in the municipal [...] [...more]
– Town will prepare report on downtown issue – (OSOYOOS TIMES — July 11, 2007) –By Chad IngramrnOsoyoos TimesIf the Osoyoos Chamber of Commerce has its way, night watchmen will soon be patrolling the central blocks of Osoyoos' downtown. Ron Leigh, a member of the chamber's executive, made a delegation to Town Council Monday night, requesting [...] [...more]
– Committee chair Brummet will push for Art Gallery designation – (OSOYOOS TIMES — July 11, 2007) –By Chad IngramrnOsoyoos TimesThe chair of the Osoyoos Heritage Advisory Committee fears his vision to recognize some Osoyoos buildings as heritage sites may be history.Not a lot has been happening, said Tony Brummet. The committee was created [...] [...more]
– Council eases into the tricky issue of downtown security – (OSOYOOS TIMES — July 11, 2007) –Ever so gently, Osoyoos Town Council has dipped its toes into the choppy waters of the downtown security issue.It's an important first step.As most in town will recall, in the spring of 2006 the vandalism and theft problem was [...] [...more]
– Developer hopes to start building 800-home community in 2008 – (OSOYOOS TIMES — July 4, 2007)By Lawrence McMahenrnOsoyoos TimesIn what is being called the biggest deal for real-estate development land in the South Okanagan's history, the sale of the 70-acre Willow Beach property at the north end of Osoyoos Lake was finalized on June 30.The [...] [...more]
