News Items tag as: Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society

iN VIDEO: Watch baby beavers live at South Okanagan wildlife rehab centre
December 28, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Two orphaned baby beavers are growing up in a rehabilitation centre in the South Okanagan and the public can watch them live at all hours of the day and night as they sleep, swim, eat and play.
Injured porcupine rescued by Vernon dog walker
March 26, 2024 - 7:30 AM

Porcupines spend the majority of their time high in the trees, away from predators.
Injured trumpeter swan rescued near Penticton
May 24, 2023 - 7:00 AM

A Penticton resident came across something unusual on a road in the Apex Mountain Resort area last last week, an injured trumpeter swan.
Land donated for new wildlife rehab centre in Summerland
August 27, 2021 - 7:00 PM

A generous family in Summerland is sharing a portion of their farm to help save animals. They're allowing the Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society to the build its rehabilitation centre on their property.
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THOMPSON: Why I have travelled thousands of miles on culinary pilgrimages
OPINION My appetite for great food has fed my travels all of my adult life. Often - unapologetically - I have journeyed for hours and thousands of miles simply to dine. These culinary pilgrimages were not always to fa

iN PHOTOS: Okanagan Hot Chocolate Festival celebrates culinary talent
Warm up this winter with cups of steaming decadent hot chocolate at the Okanagan Hot Chocolate Festival festival next month. This is the fourth year the warms the hearts, hands and mugs of Okanagan residents. Sisters

Peyote sacred to Native Americans threatened by psychedelic renaissance and development
HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) — In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings. It’s only here and in northern Mexico that the bluish-green peyote plant can be f

Hundreds of housing units proposed for old Kelowna Farmer’s Market location
The old Kelowna Farmers' Market location could be getting a drastic new look and purpose. A developer has proposed two, six-storey buildings connected by a common level of underground parking with 294 residential units at the northeast

iN VIDEO: Watch baby beavers live at South Okanagan wildlife rehab centre