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  • West Kelowna City Council meeting highlights

    March 18, 2017 - 4:24 PM

    Canada 150 Flags Presentation
    Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola MP Dan Albas presented flags to be flown at city facilities in recognition of Canada’s 150th anniversary of confederation, which will be officially celebrated July 1, 2017. City staff has also requested to use the Canada 150 logo for decorative banners on Boucherie Road Wine Trail and Westbank Centre.

  • Chip Your Christmas Tree, Don’t Chuck It!

    December 18, 2016 - 4:29 PM

    When you take down your Christmas tree after the holidays, keep in mind you can dispose of it in an environmentally friendly way and have it chipped, not chucked.

    “You can give your tree another life after the holidays by dropping it off at any one of the convenient Chip It locations,” says Waste Reduction Facilitator Rae Stewart with the Regional District. Your tree will then be chipped down and composted into a nutrient rich soil enhancer called GlenGrow.

  • Osoyoos couple wins $6,000 prize to WaterWise their yard

    October 02, 2016 - 4:04 PM

    KELOWNA - As people start turning off their outdoor taps and irrigation systems get blown out, the Okanagan Basin Water Board’s Okanagan WaterWise program is winding up its Make Water Work campaign for another year. But not before announcing this year’s Grand Prize winner of a $6,000 WaterWise yard upgrade – Rob Abbott and Felicia Taylor of Osoyoos.

  • Chip your Christmas tree, don’t chuck it

    December 26, 2015 - 8:30 AM

    When you take down your Christmas tree after the holidays, keep in mind you can dispose of it in an environmentally friendly way.

  • UBC plans even more welcoming and connected Okanagan campus

    October 04, 2015 - 3:02 PM

    KELOWNA - More sustainable, liveable, welcoming and connected. That’s the future for UBC’s Okanagan campus in Kelowna.

    UBC has updated its Okanagan Campus Plan following 10 years of rapid growth and development on its 105-hectare main campus lands.

  • Peachland to close compost site

    September 02, 2015 - 9:45 AM

    PEACHLAND – The District of Peachland will close its compost site on Oct. 1, adhering to provincial environmental regulations that limit burning.

  • In a summer when it mattered most Okanagan residents pledge to Make Water Work

    August 31, 2015 - 3:00 PM

    KELOWNA - Well the numbers are in… A lucky Kelowna resident has taken the Grand Prize of a $6,000 WaterWise Yard Upgrade and the City of Armstrong is the new “Make Water Work Champion.” But in a summer of drought when it may have mattered most, perhaps the greatest win is the record number of Okanagan residents who pledged to Make Water Work this summer.

  • Volunteer Highlights for July 23 to 30

    July 23, 2015 - 4:57 PM

    TRU
    Kamloops Marathon Volunteers - On Sun. Jul. 26 the Kamloops Marathon is looking for volunteers for the event at McArthur Island. Positions: setup/take down, and route conductors. 16+ to volunteer. 250-852-7271.

  • Volunteer Highlights for June 25 to July 2

    June 25, 2015 - 1:53 PM

    Kamloops Arts Council
    Art in the Park Volunteers - The Kamloops Arts Council is looking for outgoing, energetic, and cheerful volunteers to help prepare for Art in the Park from June 24 to the 30, and the day of the event at Riverside Park on the 1st of July. Many different positions: Setup/Takedown, Fundraisers, and Ask Me/Greeters. 14+ to volunteer and family volunteering friendly. 250-372-7323.

  • City of Vernon presents 2015 Sustainability Awards

    June 09, 2015 - 1:31 PM

    VERNON - Mayor Akbal Mund presented the City’s 2015 Sustainability Awards during the Regular Open Meeting of Council in four categories: Building and Development; Sustainable Business; Community Sustainability; and Youth Initiatives.
  • 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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