Editor:

My husband and I and our two school-aged children have been coming to Osoyoos for summer holidays for many years. We have always enjoyed spending the afternoon at the lake, in particular, Gyro Beach. I am writing to express our significant dismay at the state of the aforementioned beach.

Last week our family was sitting next to a group of French-Canadian fruit pickers who pulled out all sorts of drug paraphernalia (lighters, pipes, plastic 2-litre bottles, etc.) and began heating up a clear, colourless liquid and passing it amongst their group of approximately 12 people (only these 12 were in the drug using group; the number of fruit pickers at the beach was likely closer to 50). I believe this drug to have been either crack cocaine or crystal methamphetamine.

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