-Pickup will take place week of May 4- Incorrect information appeared in this week’s edition of the Osoyoos Times about when bulky item pickup will happen in Osoyoos. Bulky item pickup will happen the week of May 4 in Osoyoos and rural Area A. Items must be at the curb by 7 a.m. on your normal garbage pickup [...] [...more]
Many of the participants of a day-long workshop held to “reignite” the direction of economic development in Osoyoos came away feeling optimistic. Roughly 30 people, including members of town council, business owners, real estate agents, community volunteers and representatives of the South Okanagan Chamber of Commerce and Destination Osoyoos, took part in the workshop at the [...] [...more]
Osoyoos is one step closer to again having a junior hockey franchise. The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) has approved an application to set up a Junior B team in Osoyoos. Submitted by John Kapusty of Kaleden, Randy Bedard of Williams Lake and Roy Schultz of Penticton, the application to launch an Osoyoos franchise for the [...] [...more]
All in a day’s work for Thomas Orlowski may mean chasing pirates on the high seas. Orlowski went to school and worked in Osoyoos from 1979 to 1995. He is now a Leading Seaman working in the engine room on the Canadian battleship HMCS Winnipeg which is assigned to a NATO squadron of ships deployed to the [...] [...more]
Editor: Am I missing something here? Today I got a brochure in the mail saying that if I register my name (only one household per card) I can get big discounts on several items at several stores in Osoyoos. Well, I’ve been a resident for over 40 years in Osoyoos and now I can get a break. At the [...] [...more]
Editor: I note that our federal Member of Parliament, Alex Atamanenko, is using his Spring Report newsletter to campaign on behalf of the provincial NDP in the current BC election. Since the production and distribution of his parliamentary report is paid for by the Federal Government, the provincial NDP will not need to show that advertising as [...] [...more]
Editor: From commentary on the pro-STV website, it is obvious that the STV proponents are trying to ensure that minor parties elect a number of MLAs roughly equal to their percentage share of the popular vote, as in “a party that gets nine to 10 per cent of the vote will win close to the equivalent number of seats.” Further, the [...] [...more]
It was certainly refreshing to see people from so many backgrounds within the community come together to flesh out a shared vision for the future of economic development in Osoyoos. Although only a first step in outlining Osoyoos’s economic development goals, the April 24 workshop can be considered a success in that roughly 30 people came [...] [...more]
He can’t remember the impact, or getting out of his aircraft, but Doug Fossen of Rock Creek miraculously walked away from a plane crash near Mount Baldy. The 31-year-old rancher was flying a 1946 Fleet Canuck two-seat, single-engine plane from his family’s Rock Creek cattle ranch to a bull sale in Williams Lake at roughly 10 [...] [...more]
When Trish Gingras looks at a black-and-white photograph of her sister Crystal above the fireplace in her living room, she recalls a life of energy and spirit. “She was out to have fun every day,” Gingras said. “I try to be a little bit like her every day.” Crystal Marie Lutz’s life was cut short nearly four [...] [...more]
