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  • Open burning season ends April 30

    April 21, 2017 - 12:05 PM

    Eligible property owners with permits have until sunset Sunday, April 30th to wrap up any open burning in the Central Okanagan.

    Under Regional District and local fire bylaws, if conditions are favourable, permitted open burning starts October 1st and must be complete by nightfall April 30th.  Fire chiefs may however change the dates depending on the fire hazard in their specific area.

  • Open burning season ends April 30

    April 24, 2016 - 5:00 PM

    CENTRAL OKANAGAN - Eligible property owners with permits have until dusk Saturday, April 30 to wrap up any open burning in the Central Okanagan.

    Under Regional District and local fire bylaws, if conditions are favourable, permitted open burning starts Oct. 1 and must be complete by nightfall April 30. Fire chiefs may however change the dates depending on the fire hazard in their specific area.

  • Open burning season begins in the Central Okanagan

    October 02, 2015 - 9:32 AM

    Open burning season in the Central Okanagan got underway Thursday, Oct. 1.

    In order to reduce the impact on our air shed, open burning is restricted to those property owners that are eligible and have a permit from their local fire authority and only when air quality and venting conditions are appropriate. 

    Under Regional District and local fire bylaws when the fire hazard allows, permitted open burning may start Oct. 1 and must be complete on April 30.

  • Open Burning Season Ends April 30th

    April 16, 2015 - 10:21 AM

    Eligible property owners with permits have until April 30th to wrap up any open burning in the Central Okanagan.

    Under Regional District and local fire bylaws, permitted open burning may start October 1st and must be complete by April 30th. Fire chiefs may however change the dates depending on the fire hazard in their specific area.

  • Open burning season ends April 30

    April 16, 2014 - 2:35 PM

    Eligible property owners with permits have until April 30, 2014 to wrap up any open burning in the Central Okanagan.

    Under Regional District and local fire bylaws, permitted open burning may start October 1 and must be complete by April 30.  Fire chiefs may however change the dates depending on the fire hazard in their area.

  • Open Burning Season Begins in the Central Okanagan

    September 28, 2013 - 3:44 PM

    For the first time since the fall of 2010, open burning season in the Central Okanagan will begin as it normally does on October 1st.   During the past two years, dry conditions caused a delay in the start of open burning for those eligible property owners.

    Under Regional District and local fire bylaws, permitted open burning may start October 1st and must be complete by April 30th.  Fire chiefs may however change the dates depending on the fire hazard in their area.
  • 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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