- Truck driver unhurt as crash sets of blaze on Anarchist MountainPosted 15 hours ago
- Natural gas line rupture shuts downtown most of FridayPosted 14 days ago
- Local wedding and event planner wants to promote Osoyoos as the destination wedding capital of CanadaPosted 14 days ago
- South Okanagan Chamber of Commerce calls out for provincial government to resume talks on national parkPosted 14 days ago
- Downtown gas pipe leak wasn’t ‘non-event’ as Fortis representative suggests and valuable lessons should be learnedPosted 14 days ago
- Desert Park Exhibition Society president tells town council facility is in great shape as races set to return June 15Posted 14 days ago
- FortisBC director says all political donations are reviewed by BCUCPosted 14 days ago
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PARTICIPANTS SOUGHT FOR OLIVER-OSOYOOS CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT
Later this month local bird watchers, naturalists and other volunteers will be fanning out to do a census on the vast numbers and species of birds around Osoyoos. The 34th annual Oliver-Osoyoos Christmas Bird Count...
- Posted 183 days ago
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FOOD BANK SEEING MORE LARGE FAMILIES, NEW CLIENTS AS TOUGHER ECONOMY, UNEMPLOYMENT AFFECT MORE PEOPLE
The number of people receiving food from the Osoyoos Food Bank has increased sharply this year as the bank gets ready to distribute Christmas hampers. Lu Ahrendt, manager of the food bank, says the...
- Posted 183 days ago
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CRIME STOPPERS CELEBRATES TWO DECADES OF SUCCESS IN SOUTH OKANAGAN
When this area’s Crime Stoppers program set up shop in 1992, it was a low-tech affair with an old rotary dial phone. Today, as South Okanagan Similkameen Crime Stoppers prepares to celebrate its 20th anniversary, it has...
- Posted 190 days ago
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STRANDED RCMP OFFICER GIVES THANKS TO OK TIRE OWNER FOR GENEROUS ASSISTANCE
A thankful RCMP officer says her first trip to Osoyoos is one she will never forget all because of the kindness and generosity of a local business owner. Allison Barker, 28, says she still can’t...
- Posted 190 days ago
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COUPLE EXCITED ABOUT SOUTH OKANAGAN NEWCOMERS GROUP
One of the most difficult challenges whenever somebody moves to a new town or city is making new friends. Max and Janet Uhlemann know all about this as they recently moved to the South Okanagan...
- Posted 190 days ago
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COUNCILLOR PLEASED WITH RESULTS OF PERSONAL ‘SHOP LOCAL’ COMMITMENT
C.J. Rhodes says he actually sleeps better over the past six months since he and his wife Lisa adopted a committed “shop local” philosophy into their personal and business lives. The well-known Town of Osoyoos...
- Posted 190 days ago
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CRIME STOPPERS OFFERS SAFE AND RELIABLE WAY FOR WITNESSES TO BREAK SILENCE
When it comes to preventing crime and stopping criminals, the police can’t do it all themselves. All of us have a role to play as the eyes and ears of the community. We’re not encouraging vigilante justice....
- Posted 190 days ago
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COUNCIL SHOULD CHARGE PREMIUM RATES IF GYRO BEACH AQUA PARK IS ALLOWED TO PROCEED, SAYS LOCAL READER
Dear Editor: This letter is directed to all members of Town of Osoyoos council. I am writing to express my concern regarding your approval for an “Aqua Park” at the hugely popular Gyro Beach as reported in...
- Posted 190 days ago
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GRANDMOTHERS FOR AFRICA GROUP DISMAYED GENERIC DRUG BILL WAS DEFEATED
Dear Editor: When our parliament decided to defeat Bill C-398, which would have ensured greater access to affordable medicines for people dying of treatable disease in developing countries, the local Grandmothers for Africa group was dismayed. This...
- Posted 190 days ago
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EXCELLENT CONDITIONS EXPECTED WHEN MOUNT BALDY SKI AREA OPENS SATURDAY
Mother Nature has been kind to most ski hill operators in B.C. so far this fall and it’s no different up at Mount Baldy Ski Area as the hill prepares to open this weekend under...
- Posted 190 days ago









