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Hammerheads (the garden variety) pose a threat to earthworms
August 20, 2024 - 9:00 PM

Earthworms, as we know, are garden champions, cleaning the soil by eating their weight in organic matter every day and aerating it as they wriggle around, creating tunnels to ease root growth. They also improve soil moisture, remove fungal spores and stimulate microbial activity, which benefits plant health.
Yes, that's a swimming mermaid in Kelowna and she's looking for friends
August 18, 2024 - 11:30 AM

If you’ve seen swimmers wearing brightly coloured tails in pools and lakes this summer it is because they are “mermaiding.”
What to do with those Oregon grape berries
August 17, 2024 - 8:42 AM
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Sometimes the most ordinary, unremarkable looking plants growing in our forests and neighbourhoods can have some surprising characteristics.
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.
Keeping kids safe during BC's summer heat
July 27, 2024 - 10:30 AM
Saxophone player adds relaxing charm to popular Kamloops park
July 21, 2024 - 3:30 PM

Visitors to Kamloops' Riverside Park might be familiar with the soothing notes of a saxophone resonating through the air, lending a downtown city ambiance.
Diving into Okanagan, Kamloops area lakes to beat the heat? Watch out for swimmer’s itch
July 12, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Lake lovers in Kamloops and the Okanagan are getting swimmers itch and no amount of chamomile lotion and anti-itch cream seems to be bringing relief.
Tasty puffball mushrooms popping up in southern BC Interior
June 13, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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Giant white mushrooms are landing in the pans of some foodies and foragers in Kamloops and the Okanagan after a long, cool spring.
iN VIDEO: Vernon man dances instead of walking to bring joy to others
June 11, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Anyone who has driven through or around Vernon is likely familiar with a man who dances down the streets, seemingly in his own world, engaged in his creative movements.
Interior Health’s tips and tricks for dealing with ticks
May 19, 2024 - 12:00 PM

As the weather warms up and people are getting out to enjoy the scenery, Interior Health has advice for dealing with tick bites.
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JONESIE: The lessons of free-range children long forgotten
OPINION When we were kids, we knew every inch of our neighbourhood. We ran around town till ten minutes before mom got home, which on weekends was often 2 a.m. Bad news for us when she got home early. We knew every vacant lot,

MATCHMAKING SERVICE: Young Agrarians hook up wannabe farmers with land in Okanagan
An organization that matches young, aspiring farmers to landholders has noticed fewer people are investing in orchards and vineyards in the Okanagan following the industry’s challenges this year. Young Agrarians is a national organiza

Growers and processors selected through a lottery for Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program
Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program should be positioned to ramp up quickly, but having products available for some patients at the outset will be a challenge, Gov. Andy Beshear says. Beshear's administration took a big ste

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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