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News Items tag as: B.C. Ministry of Environment
B.C. buys 10 ha of rare grassland for South Okanagan protected area
July 12, 2021 - 11:26 AM
B.C. Parks is spending $314,000 for 10 hectares of rare grassland near Okanagan Falls.
New reporting tool to identify potentially harmful algae in B.C. lakes
May 12, 2021 - 4:30 PM
The B.C. government has created a website to help identify algae blooms on lake.
B.C. woman 'banned' from Okanagan provincial park after topless photoshoot
July 11, 2020 - 7:00 AM
A B.C. woman says she intends to file a human rights complaint after being kicked out of a Provincial Park and campground after an amateur photography shoot, during part of which she was topless.
Invasive shrimp in Okanagan Lake still an issue after 50 years
June 13, 2020 - 1:00 PM
By the time the B.C. government realized that introducing mysis shrimp into Okanagan Lake was a bad idea, it was too late.
Dusty roads lead to air quality warning in Vernon
February 03, 2020 - 11:00 AM
Vernon residents are dealing with some dusty road conditions today, prompting the Ministry of Environment and Interior Health to issue an advisory.
B.C. Ministry of Environment releases offenders list of shame
March 05, 2018 - 3:30 PM
CENTRAL OKANAGAN - The B.C. Environment Ministry has released its quarterly report detailing recent environmental transgressions by people and companies, and there are two from the Central Okanagan.
The air quality index explained
August 12, 2017 - 4:30 PM
With more than 100 wildfires burning across the province, residents are getting used to – and sick of – the smoke that comes with them.
New review of Hullcar aquifer ordered by new environment minister
August 02, 2017 - 4:30 PM
SPALLUMCHEEN - A new, independent review of the pollution in the Hullcar aquifer has been commissioned by the new NDP Minister of Environment, George Heyman.
Air quality advisories issued for Nicola and Okanagan regions
July 31, 2017 - 6:10 PM
The Nicola Region and the Okanagan Valley have now been placed under a smokey skies bulletin.
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Iconic Penticton Peach concession stand back in local hands
After a few years with an out-of-town operator, The Peach concession stand in Penticton has a local one. Ice cream and sweets shop Tickleberry’s is going to be operating the stand this summer as well as the Skaha Main concession stand
Pennsylvania House advances bill legalizing recreational marijuana
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvanians 21 or older would be allowed to legally purchase and use marijuana under a bill that passed the state House on Wednesday, the first time a recreational cannabis proposal has been approved by either legi
New short-term rental bylaw means some in Kamloops may not be available
New licensing rules are putting pressure on Kamloops homeowners hosting short-term rentals, and some may not be allowed any longer. A new bylaw will require hosts get business licenses, bringing Kamloops in line with similar restrictions ac
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B.C. judge orders limit in tailings dam deposits at Mount Polley mine
VANCOUVER - The Supreme Court in British Columbia has ordered that the Mount Polley mine limit the tailings it can depo
May 09, 2025 3:52 PM
Complainant in hockey players' trial pushes back during tense cross-examination
A woman pushed back Friday after a defence lawyer suggested she felt embarrassed and ashamed for the choices she made t
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Five youth plead guilty in 2024 swarming of girl in Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA - Prosecutors say five youth involved in a violent swarming of a girl in Kelowna, B.C., last year have entered
May 09, 2025 3:18 PM
Shuswap car wash shooter not guilty of murder
A Kamloops jury has acquitted a man charged in the shooting death of a Scotch Creek man in 2021. Paul Binder,
May 09, 2025 2:39 PM
Fatal motorcycle crash in Enderby
Vernon RCMP are looking into a fatal motorcycle crash that happened Thursday. Police were called about a crash
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