News Items tag as: Garbage pickup

Diver finding assortment of treasures, garbage in Osoyoos Lake
August 18, 2024 - 6:00 AM

A semi-retired scuba diver in Osoyoos has been hunting for treasures in Osoyoos Lake and the Okanagan River Channel this summer, and so far, he’s found a wide assortment of items.
COVID-19 filled up more household garbage cans in the Central Okanagan
September 10, 2020 - 8:30 PM

The amount of household garbage put out for collection jumped by 20 per cent in the Central Okanagan as more people worked from home because of COVID-19.
Want to keep bears out of your garbage? Work with your neighbours
June 24, 2019 - 6:00 AM

One man's trash is another bear's snack.
Volunteers haul tons of garbage out of the bush in Peachland
April 09, 2019 - 3:04 PM

PEACHLAND - A group of hard working volunteers got their hands dirty — really dirty — in Peachland this past weekend as they helped kickstart a month-long clean-up event.
Kamloops neighbourhoods could lose backlane garbage collection
October 28, 2015 - 8:30 AM

KAMLOOPS - Garbage and recycling collection in back alleys might soon be changed in Kamloops, leaving residents with the possibility of pushing their carts to just one side of the alley, or all the way out to the street instead.
Garbage pickup changes over the holidays
December 17, 2014 - 8:30 AM

KAMLOOPS - The holidays are here and that usually means enough boxes, wrapping paper and packaging to fill your recycling and garbage bins two or three times over. It is also the time of year when our garbage pickup schedules change and cause delays in curbside pickup.
Garbage rates going up in Kamloops
December 08, 2014 - 3:44 PM

KAMLOOPS - In the new year the average customer will see a $15 increase annually for garbage pick-up over the next three years, but it is the only city utility service where increases will occur in 2015.
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West Kelowna farm selling thousands of apples after fruit packers closure
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Penticton 'potio' smoking lounge blazing a trail for cannabis tourism
A dispensary in Penticton made its patio into a pot smoking lounge, and its success could turn a new leaf for the cannabis industry in the Okanagan. Back in February the BC government permitted smoking pot anywhere you’re allowed to s

Survey finds huge majority of British Columbians say homeownership now a luxury
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News Items tag as: Garbage pickup

Diver finding assortment of treasures, garbage in Osoyoos Lake

COVID-19 filled up more household garbage cans in the Central Okanagan

Want to keep bears out of your garbage? Work with your neighbours

Volunteers haul tons of garbage out of the bush in Peachland

Kamloops neighbourhoods could lose backlane garbage collection

Garbage pickup changes over the holidays

Garbage rates going up in Kamloops

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