Residents of Osoyoos had a rude wake-up call Friday morning as a small earthquake in Washington State was felt throughout the Okanagan Valley. “It was felt widely throughout the Okanagan Valley in particular, from Kelowna, Penticton, even some reports from Maple Ridge and Kamloops, so over quite a wide area,” said John Cassidy, earthquake scientist [...] [...more]
Many other towns and cities experienced upsets or nail biters in last week’s election, but in Osoyoos, incumbent Stu Wells cruised to a strong victory while two councillors, Ted Cronmiller and Margaret Chadsey, lost their seats. Mike Plante is new to town council, but the biggest surprise may have been just how well newcomer Sue [...] [...more]
Progress on the proposed South Okanagan-Similkameen National Park is virtually nonexistent. From a Memorandum of Proposal (MOP) in 2003 to today, the most obvious signs of the park are a sprinkling of ‘NO National Park’ signs and stony silence. Parks Canada said there is no timeline for any expected progress. Asked what is happening right [...] [...more]
How does a person react when every day they hear and see some new abomination that our federal government is perpetrating against its own people? Never have I seen so many outraged people. Rarely have I seen such arrogant and mean-spirited behaviour on the part of our government. One of the first things PM Harper [...] [...more]
Are Canadians blind? Let’s talk job loss in this country. Tens of thousands of jobs are lost here because of the economy? Balderdash! They are lost to privatization. Businesses opting for cheap (slave labour) to third world countries. Everything I purchase is made in China, Cambodia, Taiwan… what’s next? Some hotels are already importing housekeepers [...] [...more]
We are now entering the transition phase – where your local 9-1-1 Fire service is being transferred up to Kelowna. Before we are lost in the muddle, we want to say it has been a pleasure working with the Fire Departments in the Southern Interior – Penticton, Summerland, Naramata, Kaleden, Okanagan Falls, Penticton Indian Band, [...] [...more]
Municipal politics are probably the best example of democracy in this country, yet one that oddly enough gets little support or respect from the electorate. Across British Columbia it is anticipated that less than one in four voters will mark a ballot on Saturday, November 19. Here in Osoyoos we can be somewhat proud of [...] [...more]
Driving down Main Street, it’s almost impossible not to notice the massive sign on 91 Avenue advertising the future site of the Horizon Health and Wellness Centre. It’s also hard not to notice the lack of physical progress being made on the site. But what is lacking in physical progress is certainly being made up [...] [...more]
A house and garage located at 650 Raven Hill Road in the Regal Ridge development was completely engulfed by a fire on November 9, but fortunately, no one was injured. “Our response time was very good,” said Rob Burk, fire chief with the Anarchist Mountain Fire Department. “We were actually early because most people were [...] [...more]
Since the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) was created 37 years ago, there has been a lot of controversy and some tinkering with the rules, but no major review of the policy. In 2010 the provincial government ordered Richard Bullock, the newly appointed chair of the Agricultural Land Commission, to engage in wide-spread talks with farmers [...] [...more]
