-'I just want to hold on to this a few minutes'- OSOYOOS TIMES-January 28, 2009-By Diane ZornSpecial to the Osoyoos TimesRon Trottier of Osoyoos was visibly nervous as he stepped onto the sheet of ice at the BDO Classic Canadian Open in Winnipeg on Jan. 25. At stake was one million dollars.If his luck held and [...] [...more]
-Developers will have to pay monies back- OSOYOOS TIMES-January 28, 2009-By Paul EverestrnOsoyoos TimesSome of the money collected by the Town of Osoyoos from the developers of the planned Indigo condominium complex on Cottonwood Drive will be going back into the developers' pockets in an effort to get the stalled project back on track.The Town announced [...] [...more]
-Land could be used for new fire hall, affordable housing- OSOYOOS TIMES-January 28, 2009-By Paul EverestrnOsoyoos TimesAt an in-camera meeting on Jan. 19, the Town of Osoyoos finalized its purchase of a 2.3-hectare parcel of land, known as the Richter property, located on the southwest corner of Hwy. 97 and 74th Avenue.The Town paid $2.03 million [...] [...more]
-Pendergraft says most area directors are onside with having bylaws in place in all areas- OSOYOOS TIMES-January 28, 2009-By Paul EverestrnOsoyoos TimesOsoyoos Mayor Stu Wells said he is concerned about a new twist that was brought up at the Jan. 22 meeting of the Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) board regarding an infrastructure grant for the planned [...] [...more]
CONCERT SOCIETY GRATEFUL FOR CONTINUED SUPPORTrn Editor:Executive of the South Okanagan Concert Society met recently and the conversation drifted to the difficult economic times and the downturn in investment markets. With this in mind, we recognized that our sponsors, big and small, were sticking with their commitments and continuing to make it possible for [...] [...more]
WILL TOWN'S FINANCIAL ENDEAVOURS BE RISKS THAT PAY OFF? OSOYOOS TIMES-January 28, 2009There's a great deal of risk involved behind two of the Town's recent endeavours which were made public last week.On Jan. 23 the Town announced that it had not only had wrapped up a $2.03 million land deal, but it was giving $1.04 million [...] [...more]
-Eleven local hotels, motels and resorts to participate in “Ski Osoyoos” packages- OSOYOOS TIMES-January 21, 2009-By Karen KnelsenrnOsoyoos TimesDestination Osoyoos (DO), the Mount Baldy Ski Area and a number of Osoyoos's hotels and resorts have partnered together to promote Osoyoos as a winter destination.Officially launching its winter tourism push, called Destination Winter, on Jan. 14 at [...] [...more]
-Money to help South Okanagan Similkameen Literacy Now program- OSOYOOS TIMES-January 21, 2009-By Karen KnelsenrnOsoyoos TimesSchool District 53 received a grant of just over $30,000 from the provincial government on Jan. 14.The money is earmarked by the government for literacy support and Jim Insley, assistant superintendent for the district, said the cash is actually being funnelled [...] [...more]
-Scheffler pitches plan for public-private partnership to oversee park- OSOYOOS TIMES-January 21, 2009-By Karen KnelsenrnOsoyoos TimesAt its first meeting of the year on Jan. 19, Osoyoos town council met before a packed house and voted unanimously to send out a request for proposals on how to revive the Desert Park events centre.Anarchist Mountain resident Eike Scheffler [...] [...more]
DO EXPENSES NEED TO BE MORE PUBLIC Editor:Re: The recent articles on the Destination Osoyoos.DO Heading in the Wrong Direction, December 10, Destination Osoyoos is Valuable to the Community, December 17 and Study of Town's Relationship with DO Needed, December 24.Kudos to David Eastbury for his December 10 letter and to Kell Petersen for his December [...] [...more]
