Editor: A National Anthem is to be respected and revered, close to being sacred. How dare “Nikki” (Yanofsky) sing, the orchestra provide the music and the Vancouver Olympic dignitaries allow the anthem to be obliterated and then dress it up in frills to the point of being unrecognizable. It’s not a folk song to be gussied up. We [...] [...more]
OSOYOOS TIMES-February 17, 2010 The Town of Osoyoos is facing a pretty big challenge with its pending anti-idling bylaw. The bylaw is currently before the provincial Environment Ministry after receiving first, second and third readings from Osoyoos town council last month. Under the draft policy, vehicles won’t be allowed to idle within the town’s boundaries for more than [...] [...more]
Jo Knight has been appointed as the new executive director of Destination Osoyoos (DO). “No one can replace Glenn Mandziuk,” Knight said, joking about how she doesn’t really have to fill Mandziuk’s shoes because of the new structure of the organization. [...more]
Paul McCavour is determined to help former B.C. premier Bill Vander Zalm extinguish the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) – and the formal part of the process has officially begun. “We have a 60-day waiting period, and after that we can start gathering names,” said McCavour, who is spearheading the local movement to convince the B.C. government to abandon the idea of bringing in the HST. [...more]
The Town of Osoyoos plans to use money once earmarked for a proposed swimming pool to purchase a new community bus for the town and replace aging windows at the Sonora Community Centre. At its Feb. 4 meeting, the Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) board of directors gave its support to a request from the Town to reallocate $195,129 in federal gas tax money. [...more]
There may be alternatives to the proposed four-lane upgrade to Hwy. 97 north of Osoyoos, said the South Okanagan Chamber of Commerce (SOCC). But before they take a more certain stand against the concept, chamber members want to hold a public meeting. In November, the federal and provincial governments pledged $8 million towards the construction of a new, two-kilometre stretch of four-lane highway running from Graveyard Hill to Dead Man’s Lake. [...more]
Editor: It was five years ago that I came together in the Mini Theatre with other concerned citizens discussing better ways to keep and better use this magnificent desert racing and training facility. I remember standing up as I told my greying peers that money and how to pay for it was not the purpose, but rather [...] [...more]
OSOYOOS TIMES-February 10, 2010 After 20 years of starts and stops, tenders have finally been requested for work to begin on the Northwest Sewer Project. While local governments have been planning this endeavour for more than two decades, some residents in the area that will be serviced by the project have been surprised to learn that they’ll [...] [...more]
“I actually woke up minutes before the smoke alarm went off, and it felt like something was wrong,” said Sharon Hiller, about the night of the fire that burned her and her young family out of their home. Hiller was asleep in an upstairs bedroom when the fire broke out in their home on Braeburn Place on Jan. 27. [...more]
“We weren’t the only district in the province that asked for everything,” said Juleen McElgunn, superintendent for School District 53, about the across-the-board request they made for full-day kindergarten. “What happened was they (the Ministry of Education) had a set number of seats across the province.” In December, the board members of School District 53 received notice that instead of the 151 full-day kindergarten seats the district requested from the B.C. Ministry of Education, they will get 111 seats. [...more]
