News Items tag as: Climate change

Project to re-establish grizzlies in the Okanagan will take time
June 15, 2024 - 6:00 PM

After years of effort, organizations on both sides of the border are working to bring grizzly bears back to an ecosystem that includes the Okanagan.
With climate change, drought are lush green lawns a thing of the past in Kamloops, Okanagan?
April 21, 2024 - 7:00 PM

Drought risk, tighter water restrictions and increased wildfire risk are just a few reasons why some residents in the southern Interior are rethinking what their lawns and yards should look like.
Kelowna student one of two Canadians attending UN climate leadership summit in Dubai
November 29, 2023 - 12:30 PM

A Kelowna student will be one of two Canadian high school delegates at the United Nations’ COP28 Student Leadership Summit.
Osoyoos Indian Band signs agreement on mining project
September 23, 2023 - 2:00 PM

The Osoyoos Indian Band has come to an agreement with a private company for a magnesium mine on its lands that allows the Band oversight on the project.
Leave the deer alone: We aren't the only ones recovering from wildfires
September 17, 2023 - 4:30 PM

Skeetchestn First Nation is asking the public to leave the deer and their homes alone, particularly after wildfires.
Transit activists put their own benches at bus stops around Kelowna
September 12, 2023 - 2:33 PM

Neela Rader is taking matters into their own hands and installing benches at bus stops around Kelowna.
Kelowna petition to fight for improved transit
September 12, 2023 - 9:43 AM
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The Okanagan Transit Alliance is seeking the public’s help to improve transit in the region, and all you need to do is sign their petition.
Vacuum of news on Facebook during a disaster being filled by conspiracy theorists
August 25, 2023 - 6:00 AM

The cause of the McDougall Creek Wildfire in and around West Kelowna is still under investigation.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Okanagan has steadily heated up over the last few decades
August 08, 2023 - 7:00 AM

If you think it’s getting hotter every summer in the Okanagan, you’re right.
B.C. plan to expand recycling includes mattresses, single-use fuel canisters and even fire extinguishers
September 13, 2021 - 6:29 AM

Producers and consumers will be required to recycle more products in the province, as part of a new five-year recycling plan being unrolled as part of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of January 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jon

iN PHOTOS: Heated domes provide one-of-a-kind Okanagan winter dining experience
The dining domes at a West Kelowna winery offer customers a unique and extravagant experience during the cold and dreary winter months in the Okanagan. With fluffy brown and white blankets draped over cushioned chairs, tables draped with bl

Unlicensed BC cannabis store loses another appeal
A BC couple who ran an unlicensed cannabis store have lost a legal challenge almost five years after their store was raided. According to a Jan. 15 BC Supreme Court decision, Michelle Vrinder Sikora and Douglas Peter Sikora have launched nu

Kelowna moves to loosen up short-term rental rules
Kelowna city council has decided to loosen up its short-term rental rules after a year of complaints from residents. Council directed staff to draw up new bylaws that align with the provincial short-term rental laws at a meeting yesterday,

News Items tag as: Climate change

Project to re-establish grizzlies in the Okanagan will take time

With climate change, drought are lush green lawns a thing of the past in Kamloops, Okanagan?

Kelowna student one of two Canadians attending UN climate leadership summit in Dubai

Osoyoos Indian Band signs agreement on mining project

Leave the deer alone: We aren't the only ones recovering from wildfires

Transit activists put their own benches at bus stops around Kelowna

Kelowna petition to fight for improved transit

Vacuum of news on Facebook during a disaster being filled by conspiracy theorists

CLIMATE CHANGE: Okanagan has steadily heated up over the last few decades

B.C. plan to expand recycling includes mattresses, single-use fuel canisters and even fire extinguishers

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