News Items tag as: backyard chickens

Online petition advocates for backyard hens in smaller Kelowna yards
April 11, 2021 - 3:35 PM

A Kelowna family is advocating for bylaw changes that will allow backyard chickens in smaller yards.
Backyard chickens gain pandemic traction in Kamloops
March 21, 2021 - 7:00 AM

When Christmas 2020 rolled around in Kamloops resident Rena Whitehouse's household, it was a holiday unique for reasons more than the pandemic.
Raising backyard chickens more popular since COVID-19
July 18, 2020 - 11:04 AM

B.C. is really going back to basics in the wake of COVID-19 and while the rise in baking, gardening and preserving is all good some activities are just a little bit extra.
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LETTER: Tara Armstrong’s disparaging rhetoric has no place in leadership
OPINION Dear Editor, Tara Armstrong’s decision to leave the BC Conservative Party is her own, but her continued use of derogatory language to attack her perceived opponents — especially the majority

iN VIDEO: After years of winter damage, optimistic outlook for peach crop at Vernon orchard
Peach trees at Davison Orchards in Vernon are looking healthy without any bud damage coming out of the winter months after suffering major cold weather damage for three years in a row. The orchard grows several varietals of apples, pears an

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
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Joly says G7 foreign ministers 'must meet the moment' as she floats maritime projects
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Premier Ford optimistic following talks with Lutnick in Washington
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March 13, 2025 5:08 PM
Some Trudeau cabinet ministers out as Carney prepares to reveal a shorter bench
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March 13, 2025 5:01 PM
Penticton MLA says former BC Conservatives should resign, run in byelection
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March 13, 2025 5:00 PM

Online petition advocates for backyard hens in smaller Kelowna yards