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  • Weekly Volunteer Highlights for August 24th to August 30th, 2017

    August 24, 2017 - 3:08 PM

    Special Events / Fundraising:

  • Students build tiny house to support environmental research

    June 07, 2017 - 1:20 PM

    A unique tiny house built by students in Okanagan College’s Sustainable Construction Management Technology (SCMT) program will soon provide a secure environment at the Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory for bird banding.

  • Regional Parks Fuel Modification Projects

    February 10, 2017 - 4:59 PM

    KELOWNA - Over the next several months, residents may notice two fuel modification projects underway in a couple of Regional Parks.

    Contracted crews have started removing dead and hazardous trees, ladder fuels and are brushing vegetation and spacing trees on a five hectare portion of Black Mountain / sntsk‘il’nt?n Regional Park (sinch-KEEL-en-tin).

  • Safety tips for hanging those lights this season

    November 30, 2016 - 11:53 AM

    As the calendar turns over to December, many thousands of British Columbia workers and homeowners will be decorating homes for the holidays and WorkSafeBC is reminding everyone to undertake this work safely, especially when using ladders. 

  • Vernon's Deer Park getting FireSmart

    June 20, 2016 - 3:00 PM

    From 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on June 20 and 21, Vernon homeowners are invited to join Vernon Fire Rescue Services (VFRS) as well as firefighters and forest officials from the Vernon Fire Zone at Deer Park (9192 Tronson Road) to learn about the FireSmart program and how to protect homes and neighbourhoods from wildfire.

  • Peachland to host a Wildfire FireSmart Community Workshop

    April 16, 2016 - 1:46 PM

    PEACHLAND – Thinking of building that dream home out in the serene wilderness or are you concerned about your home during a wildfire?

  • Prescribed burn in Kenna Cartwright Park starts today

    March 14, 2016 - 10:00 AM

    KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is partnering with the BC Wildfire Service, Kamloops Fire Rescue and a local contractor, who will act as burn boss, to perform a prescribed burn in Kenna Cartwright Nature Park this spring.

  • Central Okanagan regional parks fuel modification projects

    November 01, 2015 - 12:47 PM

    CENTRAL OKANAGAN - Over the next several months, two large fuel modification projects will be completed in a couple of Regional Parks.

    Starting Monday, November 2nd, crews will be removing dead and hazardous trees, ladder fuels, brushing vegetation and spacing trees on just over 15-hectares throughout the southern portion of Glen Canyon Regional Park in West Kelowna.

  • You can help Share the Harvest

    August 17, 2015 - 5:00 PM

    Share the Harvest Annually, thousands of pounds of valuable fruit, nuts and produce goes to waste throughout the Okanagan Valley.

  • Volunteer Highlights for Aug. 6 to 13

    August 07, 2015 - 12:12 PM

    Western Canada Theatre
    VW Turtle River Race Ticket Seller - Volunteers are needed to help Western Canada Theatre raise funds by selling raffle tickets for our 14th Annual VW Turtle River Race. Responsibilities include tracking the number of tickets sold during shifts, handling monies, documenting sales, and reporting to the fundraising coordinator. Volunteers should have good communication and numeracy skills. Event day is Sun. Sept. 20. 19+ to volunteer.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • 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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