Author: Osoyoos Times

A break in a man-made portion of a water reservoir lake at the top of a mountain is being blamed for a massive mudslide that wiped out five houses in rural Oliver on June 13, said Mark Woods, community services manager for the Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS).
The mudslide came crashing down the hill on the west side of Hwy. 97 near Road 16 just after 2:15 p.m., forcing the evacuation of 25 properties.

Osoyoos has long shared many traits with Southwestern America: the climate, the architecture, the landscape.
Last week, that connection went even further when the town stood in for parts of New Mexico and Arizona while the 20th Century Fox movie The Big Year filmed here.
Starring Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, Jack Black and Anjelica Huston, the film shot several scenes around town and employed roughly 50 Osoyoos residents as extras and 25 local people as crew.

The plan to build a marina in Lions Bay is “not a done deal,” said Alain Cunningham, Osoyoos’s director of planning and development services.
But Glen Harris, from Osoyoos Shoreline Development Ltd. is not going to be a happy camper if the plan falls through.

The wine flowed, the food sizzled and the stars schmoozed during several days of festivities in Osoyoos that ended up raising thousands of dollars for local charities.
The second annual Celebrity Wine Festival, put on by Destination Osoyoos and the Black Hills Estate Winery, was celebrated from June 10 through 13 with the Walnut Beach, Watermark Beach and Spirit Ridge resorts serving as epicentres for the activities.