News Items tag as: Hunting legislation

B.C. hunting licences go digital
April 01, 2017 - 9:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – As of yesterday, hunting licences in the province are going paperless and there's also a slight change to resident hunter numbers.
Trial begins for two men accused of illegal moose hunt near Kamloops
November 17, 2015 - 4:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - Two men accused of killing a moose outside of hunting season are currently on trial facing charges under the province's Wildlife Act which could land them jail or fines if convicted.
Unhappy hunters march to deliver message to Liberal government
February 01, 2015 - 10:34 AM

WEST KELOWNA – Hundreds people took to the streets of West Kelowna Saturday, Jan. 31, to protest the provincial government’s proposed changes to the allocation of animals for hunting.
Hunters to march on Premier's office
January 30, 2015 - 4:34 PM

KELOWNA – The president of the Oceola Fish and Game Club isn’t going to Saturday's protest at Premier Christy Clark’s office for himself. He’s doing it for his step-son Colin and others of his generation.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
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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

B.C. hunting licences go digital