Osoyoos Council has unanimously agreed to a request from the BC Ministry of Forests for approval to install a gate at the access point to Crown Land at the corner of Fairwinds Drive and Augusta Lane in the Dividend Ridge subdivision.
A plan to amend BC’s Land Act which governs Crown land across the province has stirred up some degree of controversy as the government appeared to quietly slip the issue into the public space with little media or public engagement.
Christmas trees are forecast to be more expensive and in shorter supply, in much of Canada, this year after B.C.’s heat bubble and record rainfall wreaked havoc in mid-Nov.
