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News Items tag as: Environment
How eliminating wetlands in Thompson-Okanagan puts migratory birds at risk
April 14, 2024 - 3:30 PM
The Thompson-Okanagan region is host to many migratory bird species that stop on their way to their final destinations. As the region rapidly develops, a wildlife expert says it's important to protect the routes that are at risk of development.
Why protecting what's left of wetlands in Kamloops, Okanagan matters
April 08, 2024 - 6:00 AM
Wetlands continue to be lost or damaged by human development adding an increased risk during extreme weather emergencies and putting more species of wildlife in peril.
Kelowna trucking company tired of being bad guy in clean-up of old sawmill site
March 06, 2024 - 7:00 AM
Ryan Nixon is fed up with being painted as the bad guy in the decades-long effort to clean up the former Russo Sawmill site near the Kelowna airport.
Disease, habitat loss threaten Southern Interior's bighorn sheep population
February 12, 2024 - 7:00 PM
The Southern Interior's bighorn sheep are constantly under threat and a society trying to protect the iconic animals with gather in Penticton later this month to brain storm ways to help protect them.
14,600 pounds of dumped yard waste removed from forest in Peachland
October 02, 2023 - 2:30 PM
Environmental groups are working to clean-up literal tons of flammable garbage from the forest in Peachland.
People are destroying Penticton’s iconic hoodoos
September 30, 2023 - 7:06 AM
Penticton’s unique hoodoos are a tourist attraction but they might be gone if they aren’t protected.
Trash on beaches, major drought prompt community beach cleanup in Kamloops
September 27, 2023 - 7:00 AM
Trash can be seen in piles or scattered along the beaches in Kamloops, from cans to plastics, to papers and random clothing items, and the City is making plans to get it cleaned up.
From drought to wildfire: Water challenges front and centre at Okanagan water board AGM
September 07, 2023 - 2:36 PM
With drought drying up streams and lowering water levels in lakes and reservoirs across BC, the Okanagan Basin Water Board's this week's annual meeting is very timely.
Wolves spotted in Okanagan should be cause for caution not fear
January 23, 2023 - 4:23 PM
Reports of wolves being photographed in the Black Mountain area of Kelowna on the weekend sparked a flurry of social media responses.
It’s not just heat that's killing trees in the Okanagan
August 15, 2022 - 7:02 AM
Last summer’s heat dome is not entirely to blame for numerous trees dying in the Okanagan this summer.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit
Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same
Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r
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Noble Creek irrigation handed over to Kamloops farmers
Kamloops farmers along the North Thompson are officially on their own to get water to their crops. What remain
April 25, 2024 10:30 AM
Cariboo mom hands out air quality monitors after son's asthma death during wildfires
Nine-year-old Carter Vigh was having a great day last July 11, visiting a waterpark, enjoying a picnic lunch and pla
April 25, 2024 10:00 AM
The Latest | Israeli strikes in Rafah kill at least 5 as ship comes under attack in the Gulf of Aden
Palestinian hospital officials said Israeli airstrikes on the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip killed at least
April 25, 2024 9:54 AM
Reena Virk's killer thinks TV show about crime 'disrespectful': B.C. parole documents
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Reena Virk's killer told parole officials that a television series about the Victoria, B.C.,
April 25, 2024 8:30 AM
iN VIDEO: Kelowna lawyer swapped a RV for a sailboat and retired on the ocean
A lawyer from Kelowna considered retiring and travelling in an RV but decided to hit the high seas on a sailboat ins
April 25, 2024 7:00 AM
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