Author: Osoyoos Times

After more than two decades of planning and waiting, construction work on the Northwest Sector Sewer Project finally began on the morning of March 22.
And while workers and heavy equipment were busy moving earth near the intersection of 104th Avenue and 81st Street, some residents in the area where the first phase of the sewer line will be installed were considering whether they would actually hook up to the project or not.

Several local leaders who attended an open house on the planned expansion of Hwy. 97 north of Osoyoos expressed concerns about the amount of money being spent on the project.
The provincial Transportation Ministry hosted an information session at the Osoyoos Legion on March 17 focused on the proposal to build four new lanes between Graveyard Hill and Dead Man’s Lake.

It’s been roughly four months since the BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) made changes to its method of dispatching ambulances in Osoyoos.
So far, there have been no catastrophic results, as initially predicted by ambulance paramedics represented by CUPE 873 – but it’s still risky, said Ian McCoan, an Osoyoos paramedic and the union’s local shop steward.

The Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) board of directors narrowly passed a contentious $40.4-million budget for 2010 at their March 18 meeting.
A weighted vote of 66 per cent was needed to pass the budget and 69 per cent of the board’s votes were in favour of the budget.