The Osoyoos Indian Band and the Town of Osoyoos are working on a boundary adjustment agreement that will transfer roughly 16 hectares of land near 45th Street into the reserve. The agreement stems from a settlement made between the band and the Canadian government in the late 1990s regarding the John Carmichael Haynes land claim in the area 150 years ago. [...more]
If you live in the Osoyoos area, it’s soon going to be a lot more expensive to have your septic tank pumped. “We do 1,000 septic tanks a year,” said John Mills, owner of Osoyoos’s Darlorn Septic Service. Right now, it costs about $360 to have your septic tank pumped out and hauled away. That’s already a jump from the 2008 rate. [...more]
OSOYOOS TIMES-July 1, 2009 By Paul Everest - Osoyoos Times A Kamloops-area woman who was stopped at the Osoyoos border crossing with 31 kilograms of cocaine has been sentenced to seven years in jail. Debra L. Lynch, 31, pleaded guilty in Penticton provincial court on June 25 to charges of importation of a controlled substance and possession for [...] [...more]
Tony Slovak said he did his homework when he was considering a new way to sanitize the water in the pools and waterslides at the Osoyoos RV Campground and Waterslides park he owns with his wife Nadia. Concerned about water quality, he found international studies that convinced him that ultra violet (UV) sanitation was the most environmentally friendly way to go to keep the park clean. Interior Health regulations, however, require that chlorine be used for public pools and waterslides and Tony’s idea about switching from chlorine to UV sanitation sank. [...more]
Editor: Are we letting the transients take over our town? They are now hanging their washing on the fence by the Seniors (Centre) and Lawn Bowling. Also, regarding Lions Park, which has been a family park, they were reported twice as they were drinking and carrying on and also letting their dogs run loose. Can we not do anything [...] [...more]
OSOYOOS TIMES-July 1, 2009 Summer is here and it’s time to step up the enforcement of the “No diving or jumping” policy in effect at the Hwy. 3 bridge that connects east and west Osoyoos. Since the hot weather arrived, it’s not uncommon to see scores of people in swimsuits hanging around at the bridge, often on [...] [...more]
It was a celebration of coming together as a community for a common fight and there were just as many broad smiles and laughs as there were tears. Hundreds of friends, family members and residents of the South Okanagan gathered at Desert Park under a sunset-stained sky at Desert Park on June 20 to participate in the fifth annual Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life. [...more]
The directors of the Oliver-Osoyoos Search and Rescue team are protected from the kind of lawsuit launched against an East Kootenay rescue squad by the husband of a woman who died in February, said the team’s search manager. Jim McConnell of Oliver said the local team had third party liability insurance put in place last year which covers the team’s directors for liability or Workers Compensation Board issues. [...more]
Only a few weeks ago, the stables at the Desert Park Equestrian Centre were a scene of shuttered stalls, cobwebs and pigeon droppings. Now, on a warm June afternoon, one can see horses peeking out of stalls in two of the stable buildings. [...more]
Osoyoos town council has unanimously agreed to put its support behind a resident who is making noise about the problems she says are caused by propane cannons in nearby vineyards and orchards. Mirella Baldissera spoke before council on June 15 to make the Town aware of her concerns about the negative effects the bangs from propane cannons can have on residents who live near agricultural areas and tourists staying in Osoyoos. [...more]
