News Items tag as: Deer

Penticton councillor putting plan together to address aggressive urban deer problem
July 07, 2024 - 7:00 AM

The problem of aggressive mother deer attacking people and dogs in the Okanagan has been happening every spring and early summer for years, and so far no one has come up with a plan to do something about it.
Invasive species wreaking havoc and death in West Kelowna park
November 04, 2023 - 3:30 PM

First it was the invasive gray squirrels that decimated the hazelnut crop at West Kelowna’s Gellatly Nut Farm.
It's fawning season: prevent accidental 'fawn-napping' this year
April 28, 2021 - 1:00 PM

May and June is fawning season in Kamloops and the Okanagan, and time for a seasonal reminder to leave sleeping fawns alone.
Conservation service repeats warning after deer impaled on fence in Okanagan
December 31, 2020 - 3:00 PM

Kelowna conservation officers had to euthanize two deer in recent weeks after the animals were found impaled on wrought iron fences.
iN VIDEO: House cat stalks deer in Kamloops backyard
September 02, 2020 - 10:03 AM

A cat bit off a little more than it could chew when it decided to stalk a deer in a Kamloops backyard this week.
iN VIDEO: Rare fox with black fur caught on video in B.C.
July 15, 2020 - 7:00 AM

We've all seen some unlikely friends in nature, and this playful pair caught on video in central B.C. is no exception.
Bylaw to ban spiked fences and save Kelowna deer on city backburner
June 07, 2019 - 1:00 PM

KELOWNA - A call to ban spiked fences in Kelowna is in bureaucratic limbo.
Why conservation officers in Kelowna want this popular type of fence to be banned
March 21, 2019 - 6:30 PM

CONTENT WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES
Deer deaths increasing on Westside
January 09, 2019 - 4:00 PM

KELOWNA - Conflicts are down with bears on the Westside but there are growing problems with deer.
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$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

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

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