June, 2025 Archives

The Village Office will be closed on Tuesday, July 1st for Canada Day.

The office will be open on Monday, June 30th and re-open after Canada Day on Wednesday, July 2nd.

Office hours for this week will be Monday to Friday (except Tuesday) from 8:30am to 4:00pm.  

Property taxes are due by 4:00pm, Wednesday, July 2nd.  Don't forget to claim your Homeowner Grant!

Starting the week of July 7th, 2025, the Village Office hours will change to Monday to Thursday, 8:00am to 5:00pm.  The office will be closed on Fridays and statutory holidays.  Public Works staff will still be working on Fridays, and if urgent assistance is required, please call 250-499-2711 and leave a message.  

Mayor and Council invite you to join the Canada Day celebrations on Tuesday at Memorial Park from 8:00am to 12:00pm.  Pancake breakfast will be served; and music & entertainment, multi-cultural foods, and a giant cake will all be going on as well.

Hudbay invites you to join one of their upcoming open houses to learn about the New Ingerbelle Project, a proposed expansion of the Copper Mountain mine, located approximately 20 km south of Princeton.  If approved, the project would extend the life-of-mine to 2040, helping sustain local jobs and economic benefits.

To learn more about this new project and share your feed back, the sessions are:

Keremeos - Victory Hall - 427 7th Avenue, Tuesday, July 8th.  Drop-in anytime between 3-8pm.

Princeton - Legion - 170 Bridge Street, Wednesday, July 9th.  Drop-in anytime between 3-8pm.

Food, kids activities and door prizes provided.

For more information, please contact coppermountaininfo@hudbayminerals.com

Highlights of the Special Open Council meeting held on June 23, 2025 can be reviewed here. 

The next meeting of council will take place on Monday, July 7, 2025 at 4:30pm in the Council Chambers, 702 4th Street, Keremeos.

Highlights of the Council meeting held on June 16, 2025 can be reviewed here. The 2024 Annual Report was presented at this meeting.

The next meeting of council will take place on Monday, July 7, 2025 at 4:30pm in the Council Chambers, 702 4th Street, Keremeos.

The Village of Keremeos Mayor and Council invite you to celebrate Canada Day at Memorial Park.  Celebrations are from 8:00am to Noon, July 1, 2025.  Pancake breakfast from 8:00am to 10:00am.  A multicultural lunch will feature fry bread, samosas, pakoras & tamales.  There will be family activities including a bounce house, and vendors and henna tattoos, with music being provided throughout the morning.  To top it all off, there will be a giant cake!  

We hope to see you there and have some great Canada Day fun! 

The Village of Keremeos will be changing office hours starting

July 7^th, 2025.  The new hours will be:

8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Mondays to Thursdays. 

The office will be closed on Fridays and Statutory Holidays.

We hope the longer hours will benefit those who have had difficulties visiting our office in the past.  Our services will not change, and we will continue to support our village and residents as we always have.

For urgent issues when the office is closed, call 250-499-2711 and leave a message.  You may also email cao@keremeos.ca.  Public Works staff will be working Fridays, and are on call weekends, after hours, and on holidays.

For Animal Control issues, such as a dog at large or a found stray dog WITHIN the Village, please call 250-502-9006 and leave a message.  For dogs OUTSIDE Village boundaries, please call RDOS Animal Control at 250-460-1117.

For further information, please contact Village of Keremeos at 250-499-2711 or by email at info@keremeos.ca

The Lower Similkameen Indian Band and the Village of Keremeos signed a Cooperation Agreement for Emergency Support Services on June 9, 2025.

They pledge to work together to aid both communities during emergency incidents, as well as team up for training, operations, and messaging.

To read more about the agreement, click here.

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The next meeting of Council will take place on Monday, June 16, 2025, at 4:30pm, in Council Chambers, 702 4th Street, Keremeos.  To review a copy of the agenda package, click here.

The summer edition of the Village newsletter is now available.  You may view it by clicking here.

Hardcopies are also available at the Village Office, 702 4th Street, Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:00pm.

Please note that the Village Office hours will change beginning Monday, July 7th, 2025.  The new hours will be Monday to Thursday, 8:00am to 5:00pm.  The office will be closed on Fridays and Statutory Holidays.

Highlights of the Council meeting held on June 2, 2025 can be reviewed here.

The next meeting of council will take place on Monday, June 16, 2025 at 4:30pm in the Council Chambers, 702 4th Street, Keremeos. The 2024 Annual Report will be presented at this meeting.