Candidates in Boundary-Similkameen are making their last pitch to voters as the provincial election campaign enters its final week. Voters who aren’t voting in advance will cast their ballots on Tuesday, May 14. Most voters in Osoyoos, except those in institutions like Mariposa Gardens, will vote at the Sonora Community Centre from 8 a.m. to [...] [...more]
BY LYONEL DOHERTY Special to the Times NDP leader Adrian Dix has some advice for undecided voters in Oliver and Osoyoos: If you want to wake up to another four years of Liberal mismanagement, you know who to vote for. But if you want change, look no further than [...] [...more]
Members of Town of Osoyoos council have voted to close off the town’s current dog swimming area located close to the White Sands condominium complex and allow three distinct areas of town for locals and tourists to take their pooch for a swim. A group of 15 condo owners at White [...] [...more]
The Osoyoos Splash Park will open, likely in July, after members of Town of Osoyoos council approved spending more than $80,000 to purchase equipment for the new park during Monday’s regular meeting of council. Because of tight time lines, staff recommended that the project be “phased in” over the next two years, but purchasing this [...] [...more]
The high costs of electricity bills in Osoyoos and getting the province’s finances under control and heading towards a balanced budget were the hot button issues during a All-Candidates Seniors’ Forum held Tuesday afternoon at the Osoyoos Seniors Centre. Four of the five candidates trying to become the [...] [...more]
Mischa Popoff insists he has nothing to apologize for and will continue his election campaign as an independent after being dropped from the ballot by the B.C. Conservative Party late last week. “I will continue to run as an independent candidate … I look forward to it,” said Popoff, following last week’s announcement by B.C. [...] [...more]
My name is Sam Hancheroff. I was born in Grand Forks and have lived my entire life in the constituency, spending 33 years as a teacher in Okanagan Falls. Public service has always been important to me, whether as a volunteer firefighter or in my 30 years of involvement in local politics as a school [...] [...more]
Hello. My name is John Kwasnica, the Green Party candidate for the Boundary Similkameen riding in the May 14 provincial election. My wife Angela and our four children relocated to the Okanagan Valley in 1985. In 1988, we bought a home in Oliver where I’m employed as a residential care worker. I have become increasingly [...] [...more]
I’m Mischa Popoff, a family man, business man, and author of the critically acclaimed book, Is it Organic? I’m a policy advisor for The Heartland Institute, a Research Associate for The Frontier Centre for Public Policy and have delivered countless talks in defense of science-based public policy. I was recently fired by John Cummins, leader [...] [...more]
The issue confronting Boundary Similkameen is how to deal with responsible growth. Boundary Similkameen, and British Columbia as a whole, has to confront the ways in which we can continue to grow populations, industries, and infrastructure, while making sure that we recognize and protect traditional areas, practices, and ways of life. Whether we are talking [...] [...more]
