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iN PHOTOS: Warm weather brings blooms and busy bees in Kamloops, Okanagan
March 19, 2024 - 6:00 AM
A spell of warm spring weather has brought out flowery blooms in Kamloops and the Okanagan, and the bees are getting busy.
iN PHOTOS: Kamloops crafter makes whimsical works of art out of dead insects
November 26, 2023 - 6:00 AM
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A crafter in Kamloops is bringing whimsy, nature and art together in her unique pieces using dead bugs, flowers and mushrooms.
5 nasty bugs in the B.C. Interior you might want to stay on top of
August 20, 2022 - 3:31 PM
Armed with an exoskeleton, a stinky smell and sometimes even a pair of pinchers, these Okanagan bugs are the talk of the town, according to one pest control expert.
Tiny bugs wearing woolly coats seen in huge numbers around Kamloops, Okanagan
October 31, 2021 - 12:00 PM
- This story was originally published Sept. 18, 2021.
Why there are more grasshoppers, leafhoppers than usual in Okanagan this summer
September 04, 2021 - 8:30 AM
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Grasshoppers and leafhoppers are both benefitting from the hot and dry summer of 2021 in the southern Interior.
Heat waves, smoke create tough environment for bugs, plants in Kamloops, Okanagan
August 17, 2021 - 8:00 AM
Most insects prefer damper conditions than what Kamloops and the Okanagan have been experiencing this summer, but some bugs fare much better than others when conditions are dryer than normal.
5 creepy crawlies you (probably) didn't know existed in the Thompson-Okanagan
September 19, 2020 - 11:30 AM
There's an odd fascination around here with creepy crawlies. Pay attention to any community forum long enough and you'll see someone post a photo of some critter that looks like something rejected from a Star Wars reboot, while everyone else either freaks out or tries to identify it. Perhaps it's because the Okanagan is mostly populated by people transplanted from elsewhere.
With rain-soaked spring in the Thompson-Okanagan comes lots and lots of mosquitoes
June 18, 2020 - 7:30 AM
The wet, cool spring in Kamloops and the Okanagan this year has provided a prime set of conditions for an active mosquito season in your neighbourhood,
Rarely seen creepy crawly sparks fear, surprise, intrigue in Okanagan
May 02, 2019 - 9:30 AM
VERNON - It's creepy looking even by insect standards, but it can't bite humans, is very small, has a rather bizarre mating practice, and is living right here in the Okanagan - and causing quite the stir.
iN VIDEO: North Okanagan woman out of luck after thousands of ladybugs invade her home
September 26, 2018 - 4:33 PM
NORTH OKANAGAN - At first, Danielle Shetler thought the mass congregation of ladybugs at her new Spallumcheen home near Vernon was a sign of good fortune.
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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
Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'
VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." The BC Craft Farmers Co-Op
Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i
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U.S. authorities searching for missing B.C. kayakers have found a body
SAANICH, B.C. - Police in British Columbia say United States authorities searching for a pair of missing kayakers ha
April 23, 2024 1:30 PM
Kelowna RCMP requesting public's assistance to locate senior
The Kelowna RCMP is seeking the public's assistance to find a missing senior, who hasn't been seen in one we
April 23, 2024 12:43 PM
The Latest | Pecker says he wanted to keep tabloid's agreement with Trump 'as quiet as possible'
NEW YORK (AP) — Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified Tuesday that he offered to be the “eyes and e
April 23, 2024 12:11 PM
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 ha
April 23, 2024 12:00 PM
Canada adds Kelowna's Tij Iginla, son of Hall of Famer Jarome Iginla, to U18 squad
CALGARY - Hockey Canada completed its 25-player roster for the upcoming world men's under-18 hockey championship
April 23, 2024 11:30 AM
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