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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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iN PHOTOS: Six unusual crops growing in Kamloops, Okanagan gardens
Tomatillos? Cucamelons? Luffa? Some gardeners in Kamloops and the Okanagan are harvesting interesting and unusual crops this fall that not everyone knows are grown in the region. Kamloops gardener Ariel Maki grew lemon cucumbers this year,
An Alabama judge appoints a mediator in a long-running medical marijuana dispute
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday appointed a mediator in the long-running dispute over who gets licenses to grow and sell medical marijuana in Alabama. Montgomery Circuit Judge James Anderson named retired Circuit Judge Euge
Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the
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This wildflower could fight antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis: UBC research
Researchers at the University of British Columbia are using a
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Former President Donald Trump held a rally in Tempe, Arizona, and later held one in Las Vegas on Thursday. Meanwhile, V
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New Peachland newspaper is set to launch this November
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Kelowna RCMP looking for help to identify raging dog walker
Kelowna RCMP investigators are hoping someone will recognize a man wanted for damaging a vehicle a month ago in what
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