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  • Regional district's message: be prepared

    April 20, 2018 - 11:45 AM

    PENTICTON - A regional district community isn’t waiting for government assistance as it prepares for what promises to be a very heavy spring freshet.

  • Armstrong farm featured in series of 4H tractor safety videos

    October 20, 2016 - 3:45 PM

    WorkSafeBC, 4-H British Columbia and AgSafe have teamed up to create two new agriculture safety videos that reinforce farm safety information for thousands of young people on B.C. farms. The videos, which will be shown at 4-H club meetings and events provincewide, promote safe work practices on and around tractors and other farm machinery. 

  • PrairieCoast Equipment gives college Trades Complex campaign an Okanagan-style push

    April 10, 2016 - 5:30 AM

    OKANAGAN - With heavy duty mechanics in high demand across many sectors, a donor has stepped forward with a locally-inspired donation to remind Okanagan College students and would-be students that BC’s agricultural equipment industry needs more mechanics.

  • 100 Men Who Give a Damn selects the Clubhouse Farm as second charity recipient

    November 12, 2015 - 1:42 PM

    KELOWNA - The success of the 100 Men Who Give a Damn!, a group of men who want to give back to their community but have limited time, has grown to 320 members and counting. On Wednesday, Nov. 4, over 200 of those members were in attendance and they had the opportunity to hear pitches from three local charities – Kelowna Community Resources, Cystic Fibrosis, and the Clubhouse Childcare Center.

  • Bring your old, ‘Retired’ tires and help curb mosquitoes

    October 05, 2015 - 10:58 AM

    Old, unused tires stacked up around your property can be the source of some prime mosquito breeding habitat.  Once again this fall, gather up those old tires and recycle them for free!

    The Regional District of Central Okanagan and its Mosquito Control Program contractor BWP Consulting are providing four passenger tire drop-off opportunities in Kelowna and Lake Country. 

  • Get rid of old tires to help fight mosquitoes

    September 09, 2015 - 5:00 PM

    KAMLOOPS - This fall, you can easily clear out some prime mosquito breeding habitat around your home — and you can do it for free.

  • Free Tire Collection & Recycling Program

    October 02, 2014 - 11:35 AM

    They’re stacked outside by the shed.  Or perhaps they’re filled with water outside the carport or garage.   Old, unused tires sitting around your property can be the source of some prime mosquito breeding habitat.

  • 3rd annual free tire recycling collection program

    October 07, 2013 - 11:35 AM

    This fall, you can easily clear out some prime mosquito breeding habitat around your home!  And you can do it for free.

    The Regional District of Central Okanagan and its Mosquito Control Program contractor BWP Consulting are providing four free, passenger tire drop-off opportunities in Kelowna and Lake Country.

  • 3rd annual free tire recycling collection program

    October 07, 2013 - 11:18 AM

    This fall, you can easily clear out some prime mosquito breeding habitat around your home!  And you can do it for free.

    The Regional District of Central Okanagan and its Mosquito Control Program contractor BWP Consulting are providing four free, passenger tire drop-off opportunities in Kelowna and Lake Country.
  • 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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