Author: Osoyoos Times

According to the organizers of the Osoyoos anti-HST campaign, they’ve already surpassed the number of signatures required for the Boundary-Similkameen electoral district.
“At 5,260 signatures in the Boundary-Similkameen riding and 7,860 in the Penticton riding, we have already collected more signatures than the required 10 per cent in both ridings, and we haven’t finished yet,” said regional organizer Paul McCavour.

Money will be tight for School District 53 next year, and some of the fat is already being trimmed.
At the district’s board meeting on April 21 in Oliver, Superintendent Juleen McElgunn gave an overview of the results that came out of the recent forums hosted by the district that were held in communities throughout the district.

Roughly 28 hectares of Osoyoos Indian Band land at the head of Osoyoos Lake could soon be home to a housing development.
Developers from Chilliwack are hoping to build 300 detached cottages or houses on properties belonging to band members Jane Stelkia and Modesta Betterton off of an extension of Black Sage Road.

The 28-hectare Willow Beach property at the head of Osoyoos Lake is listed as for sale in the classified section of the Calgary Herald newspaper.
The listing was posted on April 25 and states “Development Site Beautiful 69 acre res. dev. sites w/1300 feet of lake frontage at north arm of Lake Osoyoos in the Thompson Okanagan wine region of BC.”