News Items tag as: Agriculture

iN VIDEO: An homage to the tumbling tumbleweeds of Kamloops
July 25, 2024 - 6:00 AM

The unique, desert-like landscapes of Kamloops would not be complete without the tumbling tumbleweeds that roll across the roads and rangelands every fall, lending a true Wild West charm to the city.
Meet the bees that live in those blue shelters in North Okanagan fields
June 30, 2024 - 3:30 PM

People often wonder what those blue huts in farmers’ fields in North Okanagan are for. Those huts usually house an often overlooked alfalfa leafcutting bee.
From frost to drought: Strong start to Okanagan asparagus season despite challenges
May 04, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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It’s finally asparagus season at a North Okanagan farm after cooler spring weather pushed back the predicted start date, and all hands are on deck picking the crunchy green spears.
Opposition to pollution from Kelowna fruit packing plant growing
March 19, 2024 - 4:30 PM

Despite a history of warnings and fines dating back to 2019, the Sandher Fruit Packers plant just outside Kelowna city limits in the Ellison area continues to dump pollutants.
Farmland values drop in Okanagan and stay flat Thompson-Nicola: report
March 14, 2024 - 12:00 PM
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The selling price of Canadian farmland grew by 11.3% last year.
High-tech farming coming to 200 acres of Okanagan orchard
March 06, 2024 - 4:30 PM
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The City of Kelowna is partnering with a tech company to bring drones and robots to the local agricultural industry.
Why there are painted quilt squares on barns and buildings in North Okanagan
September 10, 2023 - 6:00 AM

Enderby resident Laurel Neufeld loves to ride her bicycle or motorbike onto country roads with her camera in search of brightly coloured painted quilt squares on barns throughout the North Okanagan.
iN HOLIDAY: B.C. cranberries from farm to Christmas plate
December 16, 2022 - 6:00 AM
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Ruby red cranberries can be seen floating in bogs on farms in the Lower Mainland during the harvest in the fall, in spectacular splashes of colour.
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La Terrazza owner charged with defrauding Penticton winery
The business partner of a Penticton winery has been charged with defrauding the business. Restaurateur and business partner Giulio Miceli is scheduled to appear in a Penticton courthouse, Aug. 13, facing a single charge of defrauding the Pl

What to know about Trump's potential change in federal marijuana policy
President Donald Trump is taking a new look at reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in a move that could nudge the federal government closer to an approach already embraced in many states. Trump said Monday that he hopes to deci

UBCO students in Kelowna less desperate for off-campus rental help
The numbers are starting to show an improvement in the rental housing situation in Kelowna, and a support service university students turn to is seeing less panic and desperation. Stefanie Allen is the director for student engagement at the

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