“We’ll have our team pretty much selected by (September) sixth,” said Ken Law, head coach, explaining the process of nailing down just who is going to be playing on the Osoyoos Coyotes KIJHL hockey team this year. Last weekend was the Coyotes’ “main camp” – a follow-up to the team’s spring camp held in April. [...more]
“The height’s way too high,” said Osoyoos’s Tina Lussier. “Way, way, way too high.” Lussier lives on Jubilee Drive – north of Peanut Lake and right next to the site of the proposed Oasis medical-commercial-residential development. “I don’t mind the development,” Lussier continued, as she browsed the designs of the project, which were set up at a public information meeting held at the Sonora Community Centre on Aug. 25. [...more]
The mother of a Bridesville teenager who was struck by an alleged drunk driver in an Osoyoos crosswalk on Aug. 13 said her son’s entire life has changed. Natasha Michener said her son Dayton, 14, has a passion for snowboarding, soccer and BMX biking. [...more]
The folks who were involved with the early version of the Osoyoos Baptist Church started getting together in the 1930s, said current Pastor Phil Johnson. “But they didn’t become an independent, self-governing church until 1960,” he said. [...more]
It took a lot of flash, a pink hoochie and a fair bit of patience to catch a sockeye salmon on Osoyoos Lake between August 13 and 22. At least, that’s what Osoyoos’s Rob Erk used to catch his five-pound salmon. “This is awesome,” Erk said, holding his fish up high, with a big smile on his face. “My first one ever.” [...more]
A two-year-long dispute that ended up before the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has finally been settled. In December, 2009, the tribunal found that the Casitas del Sol strata corporation had discriminated against Mick Shannon, a 64-year-old retired train engineer who suffers from a type of lung disease known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). [...more]
“Obviously it’s really hard to give up something you’re so committed to,” admitted Gayle Cornish, curator of the Osoyoos Museum, about her decision to retire this fall. “There’s a point when you have to step back and relax a bit. I love what I do but I know there is a time to do some of the other things in life.” [...more]
Oliver-Osoyoos RCMP spokesman Sgt. Ken Harrington has confirmed that Ace Elkink, who owns a ranch just west of Osoyoos, was the victim of an assault at the Oliver Airport on 95th Street on July 31. Elkink holds a water licence for the Testalinden Lake reservoir, which burst on June 13 causing a mudslide near Oliver’s Road 16. [...more]
“We have no interest in picking a fight with recreational fishermen,” said Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, chairman of the Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA). “They’re not at fault here.” But anyone taking advantage of the rare opportunity to fish for sockeye salmon on Osoyoos Lake between August 13 and 22 will likely be approached by members of the ONA and told loud and clear why the group is in opposition of the federal government’s decision to allow the temporary salmon fishery on the lake. [...more]
A 15-year-old boy from Bridesville ended up in hospital with head and leg injuries after being struck while crossing a crosswalk on Main Street by a suspected impaired driver. The boy was riding his bicycle at about 5:40 p.m. on Aug. 13 at the crosswalk at the intersection of Main Street and 85th Street from the south side of the street to the north side when he was struck by a westbound 1997 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by a 46-year-old Osoyoos man. [...more]
