“Is there one particular thing that drove this to happen? No. It’s an accumulation of things that happened over the last five years,” said Anarchist Mountain resident Joe Simoes about his move to have the Anarchist Mountain area removed from the governance of the Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS).
“They have never, ever played fair with us.”
Last week, Simoes submitted a petition to Bill Bennett, the provincial Minister of Community and Rural Development. [...more]
Jack Heppell was driving from Oliver toward Osoyoos when he saw the smoke billowing out of Harold Schwarz’s house on Feb. 22.
“I knew it wasn’t orchard burning, I could tell by the smoke,” Heppell said, adding he called 911 right away.
The fire broke out at approximately 11:45 a.m. at the home in a vineyard alongside Hwy. 97 near the top of Graveyard Hill. [...more]
“For us to be successful, we at least need to point people in this direction,” said Don Brogan, general manager of Walnut Beach Resort. “We’re off the beaten path, for crying out loud.”
Brogan is reacting to initial reports of what might be included in Osoyoos’s new sign bylaw, which, if approved, is scheduled to take effect this year. [...more]
The Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) board of directors has approved a Septage Facility Action Plan for rural areas A and C that will focus on the development of an “Integrated Septage/Compost facility” at the Oliver landfill. [...more]
Editor:
You recent editorial about a no idling in Osoyoos bylaw is right on the money almost!
This bylaw is right up there with declaring Osoyoos a Nuclear Free Zone or Drug Free Zone or any other completely unenforceable zone you care to name.
Personally I will ignore it unless I see a bylaw officer with a stopwatch [...] [...more]
OSOYOOS TIMES-February 24, 2010
Mayor Stu Wells cast an unfortunate shadow over commendable efforts by Osoyoos town council and the Town of Osoyoos to be open and transparent to the public when he complained during the Feb. 15 council meeting about Town staff spending time responding to requests for information.
For more than a year, council and [...] [...more]
“We do not have a hidden agenda,” said school trustee Marieze Tarr. “We have made no decisions. We are wanting to hear what do the people want – that is the whole purpose of this meeting.”
Tarr was addressing a gathering of about 150 community members in the Osoyoos Secondary School Mini Theatre on Feb. 10. [...more]
Residents of the area that will be serviced by the Northwest Sector Sewer Project can expect some relief for the financial obligations they face.
It was announced last week that the Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) will contribute $80,981 per year towards reducing the debt payments for the project. [...more]
Google’s Street View feature is now available for Osoyoos and web surfers can take a trip through the community while sitting in front of their computer.
The search engine giant launched the Osoyoos street view feature overnight on Feb. 8. [...more]
Osoyoos town councillors have agreed to give free space to anti-HST petitioner Paul McCavour to assist him in his bid to collect local signatures against the pending HST.
“This is not an endorsement by council,” said Coun. CJ Rhodes at council’s Feb. 15 meeting about the donation of space at the Sonora Community Centre for collecting signatures on April 15, 16, and 17. “This is a political process we are supporting.” [...more]
