News Items tag as: Invasive species 2016

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.
Skills education for invasive species management workers in Kamloops, Vernon
September 10, 2016 - 9:30 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The province is ramping up efforts in its fight against invasive species.
Angling to be closed on two Central Okanagan lakes to stop spread of invasive perch
July 07, 2016 - 2:33 PM

KELOWNA - Fishing will no longer be allowed on two lakes in the Kelowna area in an effort to control the spread of an invasive species of fish.
Province flexing muscles against mussels
June 28, 2016 - 2:30 PM

OKANAGAN - Boaters throughout the Okanagan are still being warned to keep an eye out for mussels.
Unusual fish found near shores of Shuswap Lake startles residents, government officials
March 07, 2016 - 8:00 PM

CANOE - Fisheries staff had quite the scare last month when a strange fish showed up near the shores of Shuswap Lake.
Feral pigs still tracked as invasive species in B.C. despite few sightings
February 29, 2016 - 9:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Their numbers are small but feral pigs remain active throughout B.C.’s Interior and with their continued presence comes continued destruction.
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$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

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

News Items tag as: Invasive species 2016

Invasive mussels found in Montana; Okanagan Water Board calls for tighter restrictions at home

Record number of boats inspected for tiny, but mighty, invasive mussels

Skills education for invasive species management workers in Kamloops, Vernon

Angling to be closed on two Central Okanagan lakes to stop spread of invasive perch

Province flexing muscles against mussels

Unusual fish found near shores of Shuswap Lake startles residents, government officials

Feral pigs still tracked as invasive species in B.C. despite few sightings

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