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  • RDOS Helps Reduce the Mosquito Population

    March 17, 2017 - 12:30 PM

    Since 1974, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) Nuisance Mosquito Control Program typically runs between mid-May into late August. For the past several years, the program has been starting in April due to weather conditions and resident complaints.

  • 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.

  • November 2nd, 2016: Yard Waste pickup Winds Down

    November 02, 2016 - 1:59 PM

    Time to get out in the fresh air for some final fall cleanup-- there’s just a few weeks left to have your yard waste picked up at your curb.

  • Central Okanagan yard waste pickup winds down

    November 02, 2015 - 10:55 AM

    CENTRAL OKANAGAN - Another sign that winter’s on the way, there’s one month left to have your yard waste picked up at your curb.

    Bi-weekly fall yard waste pickup ends Monday, Nov. 30. That’s the last day in the Central Okanagan for the curbside yard waste pickup program until collection resumes again March 1, 2016.

  • Kamloops Communities in Bloom planter competition new and improved

    May 31, 2015 - 3:31 PM

    KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Communities in Bloom Committee, City Council, NSBIA and the KCBIA have partnered on this popular and blooming friendly competition. There will be three locations this year with a total of 12 planters in 400-block of Tranquille on North Shore, the 100-block of Victoria Street Downtown and at the Tourism Kamloops Visitor Centre Uptown.

  • Public works open house

    May 20, 2015 - 3:48 PM

    KAMLOOPS – Looking for something different to do with the kids? On Saturday, May 23, the City of Kamloops is holding an open house at the Public Works Centre at 955 Concordia Way. This is a FREE event for everyone to participate and celebrate National Public Works Week taking place which runs May 17 to 23.

  • Kamloops public works open house

    May 15, 2015 - 9:36 AM

    Looking for something different to do with the kids?

  • Kelowna yard waste pick up program is underway

    February 23, 2015 - 2:18 PM

    If all this mild weather has sent you out in the yard for some pre spring clean- up, you’ll be happy to hear you can start using your yard waste cart again, yard waste collection is back on!

    Starting Monday, March 2nd, all residents on municipal curbside garbage collection can benefit from yard waste pick up every two weeks until the end of November.

  • Help prevent the nuisance of mosquitoes

    June 03, 2014 - 3:03 PM

    Warmer temperatures may result in an increase in hatching mosquitoes in the Central Okanagan.

    While crews have been out since early April monitoring and treating almost 200 known breeding locations for mosquito larvae, residents can also play a part in reducing the likelihood of hatches in and around their properties.

  • Help Prevent the Nuisance of Mosquitoes

    June 02, 2014 - 12:36 PM

    Warmer temperatures may result in an increase in hatching mosquitoes in the Central Okanagan.

    While crews have been out since early April monitoring and treating almost 200 known breeding locations for mosquito larvae, residents can also play a part in reducing the likelihood of hatches in and around their properties.
  • 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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