Author: Osoyoos Times

The Town of Osoyoos and the executive members of the South Interior Recreational Equine Centre (SIREC) are on their way to hammering out a long-term lease agreement for the running of Desert Park.
“Apparently it is going to be a long process,” said Allan Carswell, president of SIREC. “They want to have it completed before July of this year… We had hoped it would be faster as it puts another summer season at risk.”

The Osoyoos Coyotes have tapped a former Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) coach of the year to steer the club when it takes to the ice for the first time this September.
The team’s owners, Osoyoos Junior Hockey Inc., announced last week that they had hired Ken Law of Penticton as the Coyotes’ first head coach and assistant general manager.

“Here it comes!” rippled through the crowd of roughly 2,000 people that filled Gyro Park on the evening of Jan. 24.
The masses had huddled together, fending off a tolerable January chill, to take in the spectacle provided by local entertainers, VANOC and presenters from RBC and Coca-Cola.
But they were all awaiting one special moment.

A memorandum of understanding signed earlier this month will allow for Destination Osoyoos (DO) to provide tourism marketing services to the Town of Osoyoos, the NK’MIP Resort Association and the Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS).
The trio of organizations will contribute towards $150,000 worth of funding that DO will use to carry out marketing services for the entire Osoyoos area.