AMALGAMATION ISSUE COULD MAKE THINGS STICKY FOR OKANAGAN VALLEY OSOYOOS TIMES-January 16, 2008Considering whether amalgamating the three regional districts of the Okanagan Valley into one governing body would be beneficial or not is a tricky thing.The idea of merging the districts came up last year and is currently being debated by area directors throughout the valley. [...] [...more]
- Districts not communicating, co-operating with each other on amalgamation issue- OSOYOOS TIMES-January 9, 2008-By Chad IngramrnOsoyoos TimesThe rural directors of the Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) said they are fearful a proposed single regional district for the entire Okanagan Valley would overlook the needs of rural areas in favour of the interests of larger communities.A provincial [...] [...more]
-Designating Osoyoos and Oliver as separate communities could increase chances of bringing more doctors here- OSOYOOS TIMES-January 9, 2008-By Paul EverestrnOsoyoos TimesThe Osoyoos-Oliver medical community is happy and relieved that a South African doctor has decided to practise medicine herernWe're very encouraged, said Dr. David Shaw. He could have gone anywhere and he chose B.C.rnShaw, who [...] [...more]
-Testing advocate says inspections only way to protect consumers- OSOYOOS TIMES-January 9, 2008-By Maureen ParriottrnOsoyoos TimesDon't fix it if it ain't broke, is the reaction of many Okanagan-Similkameen organic farmers to a recently publicized allegation that the way they prove their non-chemical status is too open to fraud or negligence.Mischa Popoff of Osoyoos, an organic farmer [...] [...more]
-Young rapper will go head-to-head against 50 other MCs at Calgary competition- OSOYOOS TIMES-January 2, 2008-By Paul EverestrnOsoyoos TimesThe first time Mike Tsigonias performed his hip-hop stylings live was in front of a classroom of his fellow Grade 11 students four years ago.It was a song for his social studies class about history and the reviews [...] [...more]
-Town hoping for four more doctors- OSOYOOS TIMES-January 2, 2008-By Paul EverestrnOsoyoos TimesOsoyoos will have two new doctors join its medical community in 2008 thanks to a town-led recruitment effort.Matthys and Ansunette de Vries, a couple from Cape Town, South Africa, told Interior Health of their decision to make Osoyoos their home last month.The news was [...] [...more]
DOCTOR RECRUITMENT A FORTUNATE START TO THE NEW YEAR OSOYOOS TIMES-January 2, 2008So, Osoyoos is starting 2008 off on the right foot after recruiting a pair of South African doctors. Adding the married couple of Matthys and Ansunette de Vries to the town's physician roster is a feat that must be credited to the hard work [...] [...more]
