Working out a contract for the operation of Osoyoos’s Desert Park has been a bigger process than originally anticipated, said Osoyoos Mayor Stu Wells, and that means that contract may now not be ready until the fall.
“There are bigger deficiencies than either party had anticipated,” Wells said, referring to the contract that is in the works between the Town and South Interior Recreational Equine Centre (SIREC) for the running of the recreational facility. [...more]
The Town of Osoyoos has hired a manager to oversee economic and community development.
Jim Newman, who is currently the economic development manager of Sturgeon County, Alta., will take on the Town’s new position of community development manager beginning Aug. 3. [...more]
A 55-year-old Alberta man was killed in a head-on collision on Anarchist Mountain on the evening of July 8.
The man was riding a Honda motorcycle westbound on Hwy. 3 near Bobcat Court when he crossed over the highway’s centre line at roughly 8:25 p.m. and collided with a beige Ford Freestar minivan heading east. [...more]
The B.C. Forests and Range Ministry has evicted as many as 160 people living on Crown land in the Strawberry Creek area behind the Buena Vista Industrial Park due to violations of the provincial Land Act and the Wildfire Act.
On June 22, the ministry’s Compliance and Enforcement Division received a public complaint regarding people camping in the area that has come to be known as “French Hill.” [...more]
Biologists from the B.C. Environment Ministry and the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife said that a bacteria outbreak that has killed hundreds of fish in Osoyoos Lake in the past several weeks poses no threat to humans.
Dead fish began washing up at several of the lake’s beaches in May. [...more]
A recent incident involving gasoline spilling into Osoyoos Lake at the boat launch next to the Lake Osoyoos Sailing Club has raised concerns about local protocols to deal with fuel spills.
Monica and Rolf Weisser, who are members of the club, said club members were preparing a barbecue dinner at the club on the evening of June 27 when a strong smell of gasoline filled the air. [...more]
Shoppers from B.C. expecting to escape the HST by heading to Washington state may not be able to find the tax breaks they were expecting.
Because Washington state’s Revenue Department views the HST, which came into effect July 1, as a value-added tax, British Columbians are eligible for exemptions from state and local taxes when buying goods across the border.
In Okanogan County, for instance, a shopper could be eligible for an exemption of the state’s 6.5 per cent sales tax and the county’s 1.2 per cent sales tax. [...more]
Being at the top of a hit list “is a little distracting” for Boundary-Similkameen MLA John Slater.
On June 29, Fight HST, the organization working to have the pending harmonized sales tax repealed, issued a media release stating it had collected 700,000 signatures for the Initiative Petition which began three months ago.
As of June 29, 12,005 signatures have been added to the petition in this riding. [...more]
Having been plucked from the grip of death, Bardomiano Hernandez is looking at what he calls a “second chance at life.”
The 39-year-old man from Mexico’s Puebla state has been working at an orchard on 16th Avenue since April on a seven-month contract. [...more]
While concerns over plans to build a marina near Lions Park grow, Osoyoos town council gave second reading to a zoning bylaw amendment that would allow for the project to go ahead.
The reading was given at a special council meeting held on June 24. [...more]
