With development in the Osoyoos area at a near standstill, Bellstar and the Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) delivered some welcome news last week – the long-time partners will soon begin work on Phase 3 of the Spirit Ridge Vineyard Resort. Sixteen residential units are to be built in the initial phase of the project – [...] [...more]
A commemoration ceremony was held at Osoyoos Elementary School on Monday, October 24, to remember the lasting contributions of Chris Hambleton. Hambleton was a former teacher-librarian, computer and music teacher at Osoyoos Elementary school before eventually becoming the vice-principal of the school from 2002 to 2009. In September of 2009 he transferred to Tuc-el-Nuit Elementary [...] [...more]
Moved to Oliver 30 years ago and in that time my street address is changing to its third address. Would be interesting to know who the “moron” is that came up with this costly idea. Monies are very much needed to build our secondary school, which should at the moment be very much the number [...] [...more]
Thanks for your excellent opinion piece about the Occupy movement. It’s easy to be complacent when we live in a lovely small town, and to make fun of the folks who are camping out all over the world to try and change the balance of power. Most of us are the 99%, even if we [...] [...more]
What a relief last week to read that Osoyoos Town Council will NOT be getting a pay raise! Not to say that councillors don’t work extremely hard and that they are not very dedicated to their roles. It’s just that the reality of the moment here in Canada, B.C. and Osoyoos in particular, is that [...] [...more]
The Town of Osoyoos has successfully secured the 2012 Pacific Northwest Economic Development Council Conference (PNEDC), which will run from June 17-19, 2012, at the Watermark Beach Resort. “I think [Osoyoos] is the perfect location for a conference,” said Jim Newman, community development manager. “We will put out our best foot and put on a [...] [...more]
Osoyoos is once again playing host to the movie world, but this time it’s not Hollywood looking to shoot in the beautiful south Okanagan; it’s Bollywood. For the first time ever, Osoyoos will provide the setting in an upcoming Bollywood-Punjabi production entitled, ‘Mirza: The Untold Story.’ “B.C. is beautiful,” said film producer Aman Khatkar. You [...] [...more]
Residents and business owners of Osoyoos were given the chance to address concerns on the proposed, and ever-controversial, sign bylaw during a public hearing held at the Sonora Community Centre on Tuesday, October 11. About 10 of the roughly 30 people who made their way to the meeting chose to address the panel, which included [...] [...more]
RE: What’s wrong with this picture? – Letter to Editor, October 12, 2011 issue The Canadian Flag and its protocol were first introduced to us in Mr. Hamilton’s Grade 10 homeroom history class. We learned about the history of our noble flag and the process our federal government, under the leadership of the Honourable Lester. [...] [...more]
It was to my chagrin that I went to the Osoyoos Cemetery to visit my Mom and Dad and found that the two solar lights I had there were stolen! Not only my parent’s lights were stolen, but many others as well. Only the lowest of the low, would steal from the dead! I find [...] [...more]
