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Unsurprisingly, goose poop still a massive problem on Okanagan beaches
July 29, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Tip-toeing through the goose feces littering the grass at Vernon's Kin Beach on Okanagan Lake it's a wonder why anyone would bother going there.
Canada geese egg addling underway in Okanagan
April 03, 2024 - 4:35 PM

The Okanagan Valley Goose Management Program will soon begin its annual egg addling to manage the population of Canada geese.
Okanagan field crews shaking goose eggs as part of management program
April 09, 2022 - 11:06 AM

Okanagan Valley communities are conducting a goose management program for the 16th year to prevent goose populations from growing out of control.
How Vernon's goose cull got killed
March 30, 2022 - 7:30 AM

It's not easy to kill a goose in Vernon. In fact, the roughly 250 Canada geese that call Vernon home will have at least until the fall to waddle around without worrying about the threat of being shot.
Kamloops cemetery has a pesky gravedigger problem
October 06, 2021 - 7:00 AM

A rash of four-legged gravediggers have been digging around headstones and eating vegetation at a Kamloops cemetery.
Controversial Vernon goose cull will not be happening this year
June 15, 2021 - 4:30 PM

A controversial Vernon goose cull program isn’t going ahead this year as the city waits on federal officials to give it the green light.
Vernon city council approves plan to cull geese
January 26, 2021 - 11:19 AM

Vernon council is moving forward with a plan to cull geese in an effort to rid the city's beaches and parks of the invasive birds.
Vernon city council votes against geese cull
February 24, 2020 - 4:36 PM

Vernon council has voted not to go ahead with a proposed goose cull.
As Vernon debates geese cull, this Vancouver Island community decided to harvest the birds
February 24, 2020 - 1:01 PM

While politicians in Vernon prepare to debate whether or not to cull geese at a local park, the small Vancouver Island community of Parksville reports it is having tremendous success with its program to reduce the number of birds.
Goose cull proposed to keep Vernon beaches, parks poop free
February 21, 2020 - 10:45 AM

The City of Vernon may decide to cull around 150 geese this summer in an effort to rid the beaches and parks of the poop the birds leave behind.
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Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
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Study says city policies drastically increase housing costs in Kamloops, Okanagan
A research paper explored how municipal government policies increase the cost of housing in B.C., and it showed that 40 per cent of a home’s cost in Kamloops and the Okanagan was due to the “zoning effect”. While at Simon

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

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