News Items tag as: fishing

iN PHOTOS: Ice fishing fun on mountain lakes in Kamloops, Okanagan
January 29, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Valley bottoms in the Okanagan and Kamloops areas have not been very cold or snowy so far this winter, but further up in the mountains there are numerous lakes to go ice fishing on.
No license needed to fish in B.C. on Father's Day weekend
June 11, 2023 - 7:30 AM

Paperwork is normally required to enjoy the timeless activity of casting a bait and hook into B.C. waters, but that won't be the case during Family Fishing Weekend.
Conservation officers issue tickets, seize fish during weekend patrols on Shuswap Lake
May 02, 2022 - 2:30 PM

Five fish were seized by conservation officers, and tickets and warnings were issued, during patrols this past weekend on Shuswap Lake.
'Super unusual': West Kelowna fisherman catches 4-pound yellow perch
February 08, 2022 - 6:30 AM

A yellow perch caught from a West Kelowna lake may be a record-breaker.
Check out these awesome fishing lakes around the Thompson-Okanagan
June 28, 2020 - 6:00 AM

It's fishing season, and B.C. has a lot of beautiful, fully stocked lakes to offer.
Blind Fishing Derby returns to Kelowna Yacht Club
July 19, 2019 - 12:15 PM

KELOWNA - The Blind Fishing Derby has been a Kelowna staple for nearly two decades. Its legacy continues this weekend.
Two fishermen busted for catching too many fish on B.C. Interior lake
December 05, 2018 - 10:45 AM

Fishing with too many lines and too many hooks on each line netted fines of more than $3,000 for two fishermen on Big Bar Lake in the Cariboo region.
Heat's On, Keep Cool in the Loops
August 06, 2018 - 12:00 AM

As we find friends and family arriving on our doorstep with suitcases in hand ready to start their summer holidays, we’d better have some plans to keep everyone cool and active.
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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 first week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

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 for 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

News Items tag as: fishing

iN PHOTOS: Ice fishing fun on mountain lakes in Kamloops, Okanagan

No license needed to fish in B.C. on Father's Day weekend

Conservation officers issue tickets, seize fish during weekend patrols on Shuswap Lake

'Super unusual': West Kelowna fisherman catches 4-pound yellow perch

Check out these awesome fishing lakes around the Thompson-Okanagan

Blind Fishing Derby returns to Kelowna Yacht Club

Two fishermen busted for catching too many fish on B.C. Interior lake

Heat's On, Keep Cool in the Loops

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