News Items tag as: bear sighting

iN VIDEO: Famous Golden grizzly bear wakes from hibernation
March 25, 2024 - 6:00 PM

A famous grizzly bear at the Grizzly Bear Refuge in Golden’s Kicking Horse Mountain Resort woke up from hibernation earlier this month and the special moment was caught on video.
iN VIDEO: Another look at Kamloops bear cub rescue
April 14, 2023 - 11:45 AM

Traffic was stalled in Kamloops earlier this week as two bear cubs struggled to cross a road. But one of the drivers stuck in traffic took matters into his own hands.
RISKY BUSINESS: Man picks up cub blocking Kamloops road as momma bear watches
April 13, 2023 - 11:30 AM

Some Kamloops residents were delayed getting home from work last evening as they waited for a mama bear and two cubs to cross the road.
Two young bears trapped and put down in Juniper Ridge
June 14, 2017 - 10:30 AM

KAMLOOPS – Two young bears known to frequent the Juniper Ridge neighbourhood lost their natural fear of humans and officers with the B.C. Conservation Service were forced to put them down.
Three bears feasting on garbage shot in Penticton
September 22, 2015 - 3:00 PM

PENTICTON - Household garbage led to the ultimate demise of a bear sow and its two cubs after the trio became habituated to the easy food source.
Bear sighting on Knox Mountain prompts warning from city
September 11, 2015 - 4:18 PM

KELOWNA - A bear sighting in Knox Mountain Park has prompted a warning from the City of Kelowna.
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THOMPSON: Is dining etiquette a thing of the past?
OPINION I read a recent article that tried to make a case for getting rid of some rules of dining etiquette. Those rules, said the writer, “are made to be broken.” The writer’s logic seems flawed, at

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

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

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that...
March 31, 2025 7:00 PM
Ombudsperson call for council conduct oversight by province gets support in Kamloops
Elected officials in Kamloops would welcome provincial oversight in the...
March 31, 2025 6:00 PM
B.C. NDP fast-tracking end of consumer carbon tax, Eby says gas to drop 17 cents
British Columbia's government was fast-tracking the end of its consumer...
March 31, 2025 5:26 PM
White House says 'no exemptions' as Canada braces for new wave of U.S. tariffs
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday provided few details...
March 31, 2025 4:19 PM
B.C. hunts for wasteful spending in review of health authorities, starting with PHSA
British Columbia is reviewing health authority spending to ensure resources...
March 31, 2025 3:36 PM

iN VIDEO: Famous Golden grizzly bear wakes from hibernation