OSOYOOS TIMES-May, 27,2009 By Diane Zorn Special to the Osoyoos Times Dr. Lorraine Maclauchlan, a forest entomologist, was at the Osoyoos Best Western Sunrise Inn on May 21 to share information with the public on the likely infestation of Douglas-fir tussock moth caterpillars in the local area. According to the provincial Forests and Range Ministry, an outbreak of the [...] [...more]
OSOYOOS TIMES-May 27, 2009 By Karen Knelsen Osoyoos Times It’s not often a group of people are served a first-class dinner, complete with candlelight and flowers, and they hesitate to start their meal. But on May 21 in the main hall of Osoyoos Secondary School, as Deb Douglas, Shinder Kambo and Jenna Viera were served a hot, aromatic meal [...] [...more]
OSOYOOS TIMES-May 27, 2009 By Karen Knelsen Osoyoos Times On May 19, Osoyoos town council gave first, second and third reading to a proposed set of amendments to the Town’s existing business licence bylaw to make provisions for street vendors. Under the proposed bylaw amendments, vendors who operate in one place would only be able to operate between 7 [...] [...more]
OSOYOOS TIMES-May 27, 2009 By Karen Knelsen Osoyoos Times Blueprints of schools within School District 53 have been added to an online database available exclusively to police. The program, called School Action for Emergencies (SAFE), is administered by the RCMP and the goal is to include every school in Canada. The program is designed to be activated in the event [...] [...more]
Editor: As someone who uses an electric mobility scooter to get around town, I would like to mention that the sidewalk and curb cuts on Main Street from Shopper’s along past Wine Kitz to the Pizza Factory/Lounge are in very poor shape and it would make a better impression on visitors if this area was fixed [...] [...more]
OSOYOOS TIMES-May 27, 2009 When a group of Australians who were in town last week as part of a Rotary Group Study Exchange learned about the voter turnout during the May 12 provincial election, they expressed shock. Having only 52 per cent of registered voters in B.C. come out to the polls on Election Day was a [...] [...more]
OSOYOOS TIMES-May 20, 2009 By Karen Knelsen Osoyoos Times The 2009 growing season has started off cooler and dryer than normal in the South Okanagan, and whether you’re growing grapes or tree fruit, the below-normal temperatures and lack of precipitation are likely to have taken their toll. “It has had some effect on the development,” said Manfred Freese, an [...] [...more]
OSOYOOS TIMES-May 20,2009 By Diane Zorn Special to the Osoyoos Times The movie Gunless, being filmed in the hills just west of Osoyoos, has become a source of work for local carpenters and labourers. Thirteen workers from Osoyoos, Cawston, Hedley and Keremeos are building eight western-themed buildings for the movie set. One of the film’s crewmembers indicated that while it [...] [...more]
OSOYOOS TIMES-May 20, 2009 By Karen Knelsen Osoyoos Times At its May 19 meeting, Osoyoos town council gave first, second and third readings to bylaw amendments that would give local mobile business owners the opportunity to obtain business licences that would allow them to work outside their home community. Right now, Osoyoos business owners who service multiple communities must [...] [...more]
OSOYOOS TIMES-May 20, 2009 By Paul Everest Osoyoos Times The province is still developing a “request for expressions of interest” which will be sent out to local non-profit or community-focused organizations to run the now-empty Desert Valley Care centre on Jonagold Place, even though a deal to purchase the facility closed last month. The provincial government announced on Jan. [...] [...more]
