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  • Peachland Regular Council Meeting Highlights

    December 18, 2016 - 4:13 PM

    Tuesday, December 13, 2016

  • UBC researcher says management of pine beetle not working

    November 30, 2016 - 10:31 AM

    A method to control the spread of mountain pine beetles—pheromone baiting—may actually help the pest’s population increase, UBC research shows.

  • New decision support tool to give Okanagan tree fruit growers edge on pest management

    September 27, 2016 - 12:30 PM

    KELOWNA – The changing climate in the Okanagan has broad implications for agricultural pest control, including increasing populations of problem species, and the arrival of new pests in the region. A recently initiated project – adapting a successful pest management decision support tool developed by Washington State University – will provide Okanagan tree fruit growers with an important new resource to improve orchard management.

  • Kaleden campground owner makes major donation to PRH tower campaign

    August 17, 2015 - 10:00 AM

    PENTICTON - From barges to helicopters, Douglas Dewar’s business background extends well beyond the picturesque locale of the Banbury Green campground in Kaleden.

  • Egg addling controls goose population

    April 08, 2014 - 3:26 PM

    OKANAGAN - In the continued effort to control the Canada Goose population in the Okanagan, the Okanagan Valley Goose Management Program is initiating its annual egg addling program. Now in its eighth year, this program has prevented the exponential increase of the non-migratory resident goose population that inhabits the valley year round.

    Most communities in the valley struggle with management of these non-migratory Canada Geese.

  • Premier Christy Clark embarks on tour

    September 24, 2013 - 4:56 PM

    VICTORIA - Premier Christy Clark will embark on a tour to engage Canadian business and community leaders on labour market and skills training needs. Premier Clark will also meet with U.S. officials to support President Barack Obama's climate action plan and promote B.C. liquefied natural gas as a clean energy solution to global climate change.

  • UBC engineers assist Penticton with energy reduction goals

    July 16, 2013 - 11:13 AM

    Researchers will look at everything from recycling to electrical consumption

    The City of Penticton will get a helping hand from UBC’s Okanagan campus to reach its goal of reducing corporate greenhouse gas emissions.

    Prof. Keith Culver, the director of UBC’s Okanagan Sustainability Institute, connected City of Penticton staff with Prof. Rehan Sadiq and Assoc. Prof. Kasun Hewage from the university’s School of Engineering.
  • Reid Hamer-Jackson at his swearing in ceremony, Nov. 1, 2022. JONESIE: Why Reid Hamer-Jackson can't fight city hall
    OPINION I don’t live in Kamloops. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s antics have no effect on me personally, so allow me to be a bit more philosophical about it. I want to like the guy, more for what he could represent than wh
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. 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

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