News Items tag as: Cooke Creek Landslide

Investigation reveals issues with maintenance, government response to North Okanagan flash flood event
October 27, 2016 - 1:10 PM

NORTH OKANAGAN - An investigation launched after a 2014 flash flood near Enderby has found issues with road maintenance, culvert design, and the government’s response to public concerns.
Why the government thinks someone intentionally blocked a culvert causing flood damage in the North Okanagan
January 13, 2016 - 8:30 AM

VERNON - Plastic and wood debris found near a culvert after a devastating landslide in the North Okanagan in 2014 leads investigators to believe the flood was human caused, according to information obtained by iNFOnews.ca.
Investigators still looking for tips in Cooke Creek landslide
November 28, 2015 - 10:30 AM

ENDERBY - The Ministry of Forests still doesn’t know who’s responsible for a massive landslide near Enderby last year, but it’s standing by its belief the catastrophe was human-caused.
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

Investigation reveals issues with maintenance, government response to North Okanagan flash flood event