Sue Whittaker, chair of the Osoyoos and District Arts Council, says an evening full of amazing food and belly laughs is sure to attract a full house of 200 a week from Saturday at the Nk’Mip Conference Centre. That’s when the arts council is hosting its Laughing Out Loud fundraising event, featuring special guest Roman Danylo, [...] [...more]
The changes coming to the Desert Park Equestrian Centre are coming almost as fast as the horses that train there. To say big plans are in store for the once-popular racetrack and horse training facility, concert venue and recreational centre would be a gross understatement, says Carol Youngberg, who is the new board chair for the [...] [...more]
One man’s junk is another man’s treasure. That’s something Margaret Ogilvie couldn’t say enough as she gave a tour of the Community Living Flea Market in Osoyoos, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month. “It’s been fantastic!” said Ogilvie, who is the current president of the Community Living Auxiliary, which is a branch of the South [...] [...more]
You can boil them, steam them, grill them, BBQ them, bake them, serve them raw or put them in a soup or stew. There are countless ways to prepare and consume an oyster, and during the first annual Oliver/Osoyoos OOOsyter Festival being held starting this weekend at the Walnut Beach Resort, there’ll be plenty of shucking [...] [...more]
For those citizens fortunate enough to have lived in Osoyoos 15 and 20 years ago, there’s no doubt they still have fond memories of hot summer nights spent watching excellent horse racing at the Desert Park Equestrian Centre. A small group of concerned citizens have gathered together to try and return the facility to its former [...] [...more]
One of the best thoroughbred racing horses in all of Canada and top trainers in western Canada have a very strong Osoyoos connection. The beautiful weather here in Osoyoos attracts all kinds of people, including Lianne Knechtel, who trains Freedom’s Traveller, the good-looking grey mare that captured the Canadian Derby early last August at Northlands Racetrack [...] [...more]
Two Osoyoos business owners who say they are “disgusted” by the amount of garbage being dumped by residents up in the hills behind one of the town’s most prestigious subdivisions have organized a community cleanup project as part of Earth Day festivities. Teresa Cowan, owner of Smudge Body Products, and Greg Balogh, owner of Balogh Electric [...] [...more]
Town of Osoyoos council has formally requested the provincial Ministry of Environment resume discussions with Parks Canada over the possibility of opening a national park in the South Okanagan. The resolution passed Monday, which will also be brought forward for discussion and support by the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) on Thursday, will also ask the [...] [...more]
For the 17th year in a row, the annual Easter Eggstravaganza is hopping into Osoyoos on Saturday, April 7. “It allows the community spirit to show, that’s for sure,” said Nancy Katerenchuk, president of the Osoyoos Festival Society. “It’s a time when everybody can get together and enjoy the day. That’s our main intention.” The day’s festivities, [...] [...more]
It’s very sad and upsetting that local business owners Teresa Cowan and Greg Balogh had to appear before town council earlier this week in the first place. Cowan and Balogh made a presentation to council detailing their plans for a community cleanup project scheduled for Saturday, April 21 to clean up garbage left behind by irresponsible [...] [...more]
