Yearly and half-yearly subscriptions are available to The Osoyoos Times weekly newspaper. Delivery is provided through Canada Post to addresses in British Columbia as well as Canada and the United States. Our weekly publication is delivered to the Osoyoos Post Office on Wednesday afternoons and is distributed from there. To subscribe, please e-mail with [...] [...more]
READER 'SMELLS A RAT' BEHIND LIBERAL APPEAL PROCESS Editor:rnIt seems that the B.C. Liberal candidate's nomination is up for discussion. After 25 years of avoiding being a member of any political party, I took the plunge and joined the Liberal Party of B.C. last year. I felt that with a new riding being created, this offered [...] [...more]
SECRECY BEHIND APPEAL OF LIBERAL CANDIDATE'S NOMINATION UNSETTLING OSOYOOS TIMES-February 18, 2009Last Thursday marked the one-year countdown point leading up to the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.It also marked the three-month countdown point for the provincial election. As it stands right now, no provincial political party has a candidate selected for the new Boundary-Similkameen electoral district [...] [...more]
-Province may release grant as long as RDOS areas in process of adopting one-hectare bylaws: Pendergraft- OSOYOOS TIMES-February 11, 2009-By Paul EverestrnOsoyoos TimesAt a closed meeting on Feb. 2, Osoyoos town council signed off on a payment agreement for the Northwest Sewer Project with the developers of the planned Willow Beach Resort.Under the infrastructure development agreement, [...] [...more]
-Many rumours, few details behind appeal- OSOYOOS TIMES-February 11, 2009-By Paul EverestrnOsoyoos TimesThe B.C. Liberal Party is reviewing the candidacy of Oliver resident Joe Cardoso, who won the party's nomination in November to run in the new Boundary-Similkameen electoral district in the upcoming provincial election.Party spokesman Chad Pederson told the Osoyoos Times on Feb. 3 that [...] [...more]
-Local non-profit groups say getting facility operational by March unrealistic- OSOYOOS TIMES-February 11, 2009-By Paul EverestrnOsoyoos TimesThe B.C. government will be requesting an expression of interest from local non-profit organizations to operate an Osoyoos facility recently purchased by the province to house the homeless or people facing mental health issues.The government announced on Jan. 30 that [...] [...more]
MOTORISTS NEED TO GIVE PEDESTRIANS A BREAKrn Editor:Pedestrians - Get off the Road! That was the colorful comment delivered to me from a fiery gentleman in a red pickup as I crossed Main Street at the light-controlled crosswalk with my two young children. Now, yes I spoke first asking, What's your hurry, my daughters and I [...] [...more]
GET THE JOB DONE AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE TIME OSOYOOS TIMES-February 11, 2009 The Town of Osoyoos announced some good news last week regarding its agreement with the developers of the Willow Beach Resort about covering costs for the planned Northwest Sewage Project. And the best part about the announcement was that no one mentioned a time [...] [...more]
-Facility to be occupied by March: province- OSOYOOS TIMES-February 4, 2009-By Paul EverestrnOsoyoos TimesA now-vacant care facility in Osoyoos will be used for social housing as part of a provincial government program to expand the number of housing locations open to homeless people or people at risk of losing their homes across British Columbia.The Desert Valley [...] [...more]
-Teachers who do not give tests could be disciplined- OSOYOOS TIMES-February 4, 2009-By Karen KnelsenrnOsoyoos TimesSchool District 53 has decided to share the provincial Education Ministry's view on the controversial Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) tests and local students in grades four and seven will take the exams later this month.In December, 85 per cent of the [...] [...more]
