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How to spend the winter planning and preparing for your spring garden
January 07, 2024 - 11:30 AM

Gardening isn’t usually the first thing that springs to mind when the calendar page turns to January. But with the holidays behind us, there’s no better time to start planning and preparing our 2024 gardens.
Canada faces green Christmas as El Nino follows warm summer, head climatologist says
December 21, 2023 - 9:00 AM

If you don't already have a white Christmas, the song is the only one you're likely to get, says Environment Canada's chief climatologist.
These urban foresters in Kelowna, Kamloops work to make their booming cities greener
March 01, 2022 - 6:00 AM

The Thompson-Okanagan region’s two biggest cities, Kelowna and Kamloops, added almost 24,000 new residents between them in the last census period and look to add another 80,000 over the next 20 years.
Gardening when it's dry: Prep soil, select plants wisely
September 08, 2021 - 5:30 AM
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Is your summer a summer of drought? No need to sit back and accept what Mother Nature offers — you can soften the impact of dry weather on your garden.
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LETTER: Prepare for a terrifying ride to the stars with a man steeped in techno-optimism
OPINION If you’d told ten-year-old David Bidwell that millions of Canadians would one day call Wayne Gretzky a traitor, I would’ve assumed some malevolent dictator was responsible. I would’ve b

New Asian Fusion eatery in Kamloops overcomes challenges of unpredictable restaurant industry
An Asian fusion restaurant recently opened on Kamloops’ North Shore with a menu full of Vietnamese, Japanese, Thai and South Korean dishes. Owners Carl and Lia Kim have been working long hours, six days a week for the past few months,

Tens of thousands gather for Hindu festival at Nepal temple, with many lighting up marijuana joints
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees gathered at a revered temple in Nepal's capital on Wednesday to celebrate one of the country's biggest religious festivals. In the Bankali forests near Pashupati, the

Kelowna rental property manager gets licence cancelled
The managing broker of a Kelowna property management company whose clients complained they hadn't gotten their money has been suspended. According to a Feb. 10 BC Financial Services Authority decision, Tao Guo, who goes by Terry Guo, ha

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Top News - Penticton, South Okanagan & Similkameen Areas

How to spend the winter planning and preparing for your spring garden

Canada faces green Christmas as El Nino follows warm summer, head climatologist says

These urban foresters in Kelowna, Kamloops work to make their booming cities greener

Gardening when it's dry: Prep soil, select plants wisely

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