OSOYOOS TIMES-October 29, 2009 Combined H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccination clinics are scheduled to take place at the Osoyoos and Oliver seniors centres beginning next week. The Osoyoos Seniors Centre at 17 Park Place will host its clinic on Nov. 4 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Oliver Seniors Centre at 34452 95th Ave. will host a [...] [...more]
It was standing room only in the Osoyoos Indian Band’s new Nk’Mip Conference Centre on Oct. 22, when more than 200 people met to take a closer look at economic development in First Nations communities. “I’m not saying social programs aren’t important,” said Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) Chief Clarence Louie, emphasizing the role economic development plays in the overall health of any community. [...more]
The H1N1 flu vaccine could be available in Osoyoos to certain people as early as next week. What is being called the “largest vaccination campaign in British Columbia’s history” was announced by the province last week as roughly 230,000 doses of the vaccine arrived in B.C. for distribution. Dr. Perry Kendall, B.C.’s provincial health officer, said on Oct. 21 that those doses were being repackaged and shipped to various health authorities across the province and would be ready for administration in some places as early as Oct. 26. [...more]
The effort to extend the Town of Osoyoos’s sewage system to the northwest shore of Osoyoos Lake took a big step forward last week. At its Oct. 22 meeting, the Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) board of directors gave its unanimous consent to the Town’s Northwest Sewer Service Authorization Bylaw, which allows for the extension of the Town’s sewage system to 130 lots on the lake’s northwest shore. [...more]
Richard Picciotto, a fire chief in the New York City Fire Department, was between the sixth and seventh floors of the North Tower of the World Trade Center when it collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001. "Eight seconds later, I thought I was dead." But Picciotto didn't die in the tower's collapse, and he told his story to a full house at the Osoyoos Indian Band Economic Development Corporation banquet dinner on Oct. 22, as a guest speaker. [...more]
Editor: I have followed the discussions regarding the financial status of the Osoyoos Golf Club with considerable interest. Having been the President of the Club’s Board of Governors from 2004 through 2006 I was party to the many months of evaluation, plan formulation and the obtaining of the support and approval of the membership for the course [...] [...more]
OSOYOOS TIMES-October 28, 2009 In a letter sent to Osoyoos Golf and Country Club members earlier this month, club President Fred Meester speaks of being “mauled by local media who have obviously formed a one-sided opinion on a subject they apparently know very little about.” “This newspaper, in their own misguided and biased ‘opinion’ editorial, provided this [...] [...more]
Canada-bound travellers can now get a sense of how long they may have to wait at the Osoyoos port of entry before they ever reach the border. The Washington state Department of Transportation installed two signs the first week of October that advise travellers heading northbound on Hwy. 97 through Oroville about how long they may have to wait in line at the Osoyoos border crossing. [...more]
Perseverance seemed to be the unofficial theme for the British Columbia Museums Association 2009 Provincial Workshop in Osoyoos last week. More than 140 representatives of museums, historical organizations and cultural centres from as far away as Victoria, Prince George and MacKenzie came to town from October 15 to 17 to, as the conference’s logo states, “ReThink, ReTool, ReWork!” [...more]
The deadline for expressions of interest from organizations looking to administer Osoyoos’s Desert Valley Care facility has come and gone and, for the moment, no one seems interested. In January, the provincial government announced that the 10-unit centre on Jonagold Place had been purchased— at a final cost of $592,500— for the purposes of supportive housing for the homeless or people with mental health issues. [...more]
