News Items tag as: B.C. Ministry of Environment

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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SUZUKI: Captive breeding only works when animals can go home
OPINION B.C. is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a captive breeding program to protect spotted owls. With an estimated six of the owls left in the wild in Canada, all in B.C., that seems like good

B.C. Ministry of Environment releases offenders list of shame