News Items tag as: invasive mussels Water board pushing for enhanced invasive mussel-fighting legislation November 21, 2018 - 1:08 PM The Okanagan Basin Water Board continues its push for legislation to require mandatory out-of-province boat inspections in an effort to stop invasive mussels from entering the province's waterways. B.C. invasive mussel fight continues into fall season September 19, 2018 - 2:00 PM The battle for funding to keep invasive mussels out of B.C. lakes continues as another boating season winds down for the year. Kelowna gets help in mussels fight from across the country, thanks to Kelowna Chamber of Commerce September 26, 2017 - 4:50 PM KELOWNA - The fight to prevent zebra and quagga mussels from invading local waters got a big boost at the Canadian Chamber annual general meeting in Fredericton, New Brunswick last week thanks to a resolution from the Kelowna contingent. Five boats heading to the Okanagan caught with invasive mussels August 15, 2017 - 1:05 PM KELOWNA - The chair of the Okanagan Basin Water Board is concerned about the number of boats travelling to the valley found with invasive mussels so far this season. Mussel-sniffing dog new weapon in arsenal to prevent spread of invasive species April 20, 2017 - 4:30 PM PENTICTON - With the spectre of invasive mussels moving ever closer to the British Columbia border every year, the province recently announced new measures to address the threat. $3M funding to fight invasives includes mussel-sniffing dog March 30, 2017 - 12:14 PM KELOWNA – A multi-million dollar funding boost from the provincial government will go to a variety of areas in the battle against invasive mussels, including the addition of Canada's first mussel-sniffing dog. Province can do better to fight mussel invasion, water board says February 08, 2017 - 7:00 PM KELOWNA -The Okanagan Basin Water Board is calling on the province to do more help with the risk of mussel infestation. Invasive mussels found in Montana; Okanagan Water Board calls for tighter restrictions at home December 15, 2016 - 9:00 PM THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Invasive mussels have latched on in Montana, triggering the state's declaration of a statewide Natural Resource Emergency. Record number of boats inspected for tiny, but mighty, invasive mussels November 11, 2016 - 9:30 AM KELOWNA - This year, The Invasive Mussel Defence Program inspected a record-breaking 24,000 watercraft for invasive quagga and zebra mussels. Their mandate is to keep B.C.'s waterways free of invasive mussels. Current invasive mussel inspection efforts insufficient, says Okanagan Basin Water Board August 10, 2016 - 1:19 PM BOARD CALLS FOR DAYLIGHT HOURS MONITORING; MANDATORY PRE-LAUNCH INSPECTIONS More ... GEORGE: Protesting the future: It didn't work in 1920 and it ain't gonna work now either... OPINION The tight integration between oil companies, governments, and the rest of the economy has led to chaos in the oil markets recently and will have predictable effects in the months and years to come. Those makin EDITORIAL CARTOON Top News Astronaut Saint-Jacques fields children's questions on Santa, climate change LONGUEUIL, Que. - Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques took a break from his scientific responsibilities aboard th December 19, 2018 7:00 AM CSIS gathered info on peaceful groups, but only in pursuit of threats: Watchdog OTTAWA - Canada's spy service collected some information about peaceful anti-petroleum groups, but only incident December 19, 2018 6:00 AM Freeland says Trump metal tariffs 'contradict' new NAFTA and will have to go OTTAWA - Donald Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs contradict a key component of the new North American trade ag December 18, 2018 9:00 PM Indigenous sterilization victims fear inaction as feds eye examination OTTAWA - "Do you want them cut or burned?" Deb Ironbow says she was light-headed, powerless and stra December 18, 2018 8:00 PM Man who held truck driver at gunpoint along Highway 5 could face up to eight years behind bars KAMLOOPS - A man who held a transport truck driver at gunpoint for nearly four hours and forced him to drive him in December 18, 2018 5:29 PM Tweets by @infonewskamloop
