Author: Osoyoos Times

“The law is clear – the petition must be forwarded by the chief electoral officer before the committee acts,” said Boundary-Similkameen MLA John Slater, one of the members of the Select Standing Committee for Legislative Initiatives.
On Aug. 11, Craig James, the acting chief electoral officer for Elections BC, sent a letter to Bill Vander Zalm, the former B.C. premier who is spearheading the Initiative Petition process to have the harmonized sales tax (HST) repealed.

“In 2000 we were served,” said Sherry Anderson. “It’s been going on too long.”
Sherry – circulation manager for the Osoyoos Times – and her husband, Ken Anderson, live north of Osoyoos, near Road 20, with their sons, Brock, 17, and Brett, 16.

Osoyoos council has laid the framework for one of the town’s most ambitious development projects.
At a special meeting on Aug. 4, council gave first reading to an amendment to Osoyoos’s Official Community Plan, a zoning amendment bylaw as well as a phased-development agreement bylaw that will, if approved, allow for the Oasis development to be built between Hwy. 3 and Peanut Lake northwest of the Avalon Mobile Home Park.

Some small changes at the Sun Bowl Arena will make a big impact on all involved with Osoyoos’s new junior hockey club.
The biggest change: fresh, new advertising signs featuring local sponsors.