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  • Feedback Sought for Draft Trash Plan

    November 10, 2017 - 1:22 PM

    The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) is seeking feedback on its draft Regional Solid Waste Management Plan (RSWMP).

  • Regional District asking public about composting sites, carts and landfills

    April 12, 2017 - 11:55 AM

    Throughout April and May, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) will be conducting open houses across the Regional area to get public feedback on a number of potential solid waste projects.

  • City looks for new ways to manage wastewater solids

    April 10, 2017 - 12:04 PM

    As the population in the region increases, the cities of Kelowna and Vernon are working together to identify sustainable ways to manage the region’s growing supply of treated wastewater solids – and they want to hear from residents.

    “We are committed to finding a socially, economically and environmentally responsible long-term solution,” said City of Kelowna Utilities Planning Manager Andrew Reeder.

  • North Okanagan Regional District Solid Waste Advisory Working Group: Call for volunteers

    April 10, 2017 - 11:10 AM

    The Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) Board of Directors is inviting applications from persons interested in participating on the RDNO’s Regional Solid Waste Advisory Working Group (RSWAWG).

  • Final week for deal on backyard composter

    March 24, 2017 - 2:48 PM

    KELOWNA - Here’s your chance to cut your garbage in half, be extra nice to your garden – and save money.  For one more week you can pre order a backyard composter, food digester, or worm cycler-- at a reduced rate!

  • Summerland Seedy Saturday

    March 17, 2017 - 12:35 PM

    SUMMERLAND - Summerland Seedy Saturday, a popular community event will be held on Saturday March 25 at the Summerland Ornamental Gardens. 

  • New RDOS business education program

    March 07, 2017 - 11:13 AM

    The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) has hired GreenStep Solutions to undertake a business education campaign focused on small and medium businesses and multi-family units.

  • Regional District 2017 compost bin sale

    February 28, 2017 - 12:03 PM

    Residents across the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) can pre-purchase wholesale compost bins until March 21 at participating locations. The RDOS is offering free composting workshops in March and April.

    The FreeGarden Earth Compost Bin™ is available for $44 plus taxes. A curved black container, the compost bin helps break down garden waste, leaves, uncooked fruits and vegetables. It is a great system for creating rich compost for home gardens.

  • Boost Your Soil, Save Water

    February 24, 2017 - 4:17 PM

    KELOWNA - Here’s your chance to cut your garbage in half --and do your yard a big favor this gardening season with a new backyard composter and rain barrel.

    “Backyard composting is easy, rewarding, and something the whole family can get involved in!” says Waste Reduction Facilitator Rae Stewart with the Regional District Waste Reduction Office.

  • Yard waste pick up is back on in Central Okanagan

    February 23, 2017 - 1:11 PM

    KELOWNA - Gardening may be far from your mind with all the snow still covering the ground, but nevertheless, yard waste collection is back on! The first pickup of the season is also a great opportunity for anyone who may have stockpiled leaves and garden pruning’s’ from last fall to get them into the yard waste bin and out to the curb for disposal.
  • 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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