-Mayor, developers look to start sewage project- OSOYOOS TIMES-August 27, 2008-By Paul EverestrnOsoyoos TimesDespite being voted down twice earlier this month, the Willow Beach Resort development slated for the head of Osoyoos Lake finally passed third reading before the Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) rural board of directors at a meeting on Aug. 21.Following a failed alternate [...] [...more]
-Communities can use site to post information on lifestyle, economic development- OSOYOOS TIMES-August 27, 2008-By Paul EverestrnOsoyoos TimesIn an effort to reveal the benefits of living and working in B.C.'s Interior to doctors across Canada and around the world, Interior Health has launched a new website designed to help showcase local communities.The site www.betterhere.ca came online [...] [...more]
PUNGENT DUMPSTER CLEANED UPrn Editor:In reply to the article on stinky dumpster, Aug. 20, 2008.rnWe would like to say the dumpster has been cleaned. Talking to the dispatcher of the waste system, as far as she is concerned, the problem has been resolved. Also, the town came over and checked out the dumpster and found it [...] [...more]
A FINAL THOUGHT ON WILLOW BEACH OSOYOOS TIMES-August 27, 2008So, for better, or for worse, the Willow Beach Resort development will be built at the head of Osoyoos Lake.Regardless of the pros and cons associated with the development concept, a point has to be made about one of the arguments used in pushing the resort project [...] [...more]
-RDOS board to consider application again on Aug. 21- OSOYOOS TIMES-August 20, 2008-By Chad IngramrnOsoyoos TimesJust what will become of the Willow Beach Resort development proposal remains unclear.The application for the1,088-unit housing development planned for the north end of Osoyoos Lake was denied third reading by the rural directors of the Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) in [...] [...more]
-Intoxicated adults and teenagers seen kicking down fence posts at night- OSOYOOS TIMES-August 20, 2008-By Chad IngramOsoyoos TimesAnyone who passes by the abandoned Petro-Canada property at the corner of Main Street and Cottonwood Drive regularly may have noticed that lately, less and less of the fence seems to be standing.Local police and employees at an area [...] [...more]
RDOS BOARD'S WILLOW BEACH VOTE A 'JOKE' Editor:I had the 'misfortune' to attend the August 7th Board meeting in Penticton. What a joke. As a proponent of the Osoyoos Oxbows Initiative and a practising professional ecologist I feel it is imperative that this future floodplain development gets off to a well managed locally supervised start. Let [...] [...more]
HOW THE COMMUNITY WAS REALLY CHEATED OSOYOOS TIMES-August 20, 2008When Michael Ellis of Rock Creek/ Oliver was found not guilty in January 2007 on charges relating to a police chase in July 2006, the Osoyoos Times expressed frustration with the decision of the judge presiding over the case.Arguments in Ellis' defence suggested the police were mistaken [...] [...more]
-Vote jeopardizes sewage project, developer sees decision as 'setback'- OSOYOOS TIMES-August 13, 2008-By Chad IngramrnOsoyoos TimesThe proposed Willow Beach Resort development did not pass third reading before the Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) rural board at a meeting on Aug. 7.Zoning and Official Community Plan amendments required for the development concept were voted down by the board [...] [...more]
-Second decision against Town in three months- OSOYOOS TIMES-August 13, 2008-By Paul EverestrnOsoyoos TimesA small claims court judge has ordered the Town of Osoyoos to pay nearly $5,200 to two residents of the Desert Rose Estates strata park who sued the Town over a bylaw dispute.Dan Ferguson and Dianne Macaulay filed a lawsuit in December 2006 [...] [...more]
