-Fourth and final reading comes weeks after project completed- OSOYOOS TIMES-June 11, 2008-By Chad IngramrnOsoyoos TimesAn application for an expansion of the number of greenhouses at a business in Area A of the Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) was given a fourth and final reading by the RDOS board last week, although the addition was completed a [...] [...more]
THEFT OF MENTAL HEALTH FUNDRAISING MONEY ANGERING Editor:To the Editor and the members of the community:I wanted to bring to your attention some very disturbing news which recently happened in our community and has greatly affected the consumers of Bateman House and all other mental health consumers in our region.On May 6, 2008, the consumers of [...] [...more]
WHAT'S THE POINT OF THE RDOS DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION PROCESS? OSOYOOS TIMES-June 11, 2008The Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) has once again shown us that local governments have little concern for the very processes they are entrusted to carry out.Even though it did not receive final approval from the RDOS board of directors until June 5, an [...] [...more]
-Shooter said dog was barking and acting aggressive- OSOYOOS TIMES-June 4, 2008-By Paul EverestrnOsoyoos TimesAn Osoyoos woman is in stunned disbelief after seeing her dog shot in the face, an act the shooter said was self defence.Teya Coty, who lives on 91st Street, said she was working in her vineyard on the evening of May 27 [...] [...more]
-Park proponents still hope to have dialogue with First Nations- OSOYOOS TIMES-June 4, 2008-By Paul EverestrnOsoyoos TimesThe resounding message that came out of the National Day of Action gathering at Memorial Park in Keremeos on May 29 was that the proposal to create a national park in the South Okanagan and Similkameen valleys is not welcome.Cathy [...] [...more]
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON 'LOU-LOU' Editor:The Times' front page article on the banishment of Lulu (more properly Lou-Lou, since his name was Louis) had a few inaccuracies, which ought to be corrected.Mr. Craig Phillips said the noise was not the big issue for me when it came to the snow goose (which resided across the [...] [...more]
SHOTGUNNING ANYTHING NOT REALLY A GOOD IDEA OSOYOOS TIMES-June 4, 2008All the media attention surrounding the shooting of a dog at point-blank range in front of its owner in Osoyoos last week has had people talking from one end of the province to the other.Some have said the vineyard owner who shot the St. Bernard was [...] [...more]
