News Items tag as: Kamloops conservation 2016

Hunters with loaded guns in vehicles worry Kamloops area conservation officers
November 15, 2016 - 4:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops hunters need to heed the law when they’re driving with their guns, according to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service.
Kamloops area burrowing owl reintroduction efforts need your help
October 11, 2016 - 8:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - Due to a loss of habitat, burrowing owls disappeared from British Columbia during the 1970s and while reintroduction efforts started in the early 1990s, it’s an ongoing project.
Lynx spotted in Kamloops neighbourhood
April 15, 2016 - 10:41 AM

KAMLOOPS - A lynx paid a visit to the Sahali neighbourhood in Kamloops this morning but has since headed out of town.
Cougar sightings continue in Kamloops, but pose little risk to public: Conservation Service
February 10, 2016 - 10:30 AM

KAMLOOPS - Another cougar sighting has been confirmed in Kamloops, but a conservation officer notes the behaviour was normal for the animal.
Starving cougar attempted to enter Kamloops museum, day care before it was shot
February 02, 2016 - 3:07 PM

KAMLOOPS - A young cougar was killed last week after it reportedly broke a window to try and enter a museum on the Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc reservation, near a daycare with people inside.
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BC changes rules for VQA wines in effort to save wineries, jobs after grape freeze
The devastating loss of grape vines due to the intense cold snap this past winter has left wineries in the Okanagan scrambling to stay in business. In an effort to help the businesses weather the impacts, the province will temporarily allow

Kelowna woman loses legal fight with housing co-op over medical cannabis
A Kelowna woman who wanted to smoke medical marijuana in her unit has lost a legal battle against her housing cooperative. According to a June 26 BC Civil Resolution Tribunal decision, Natausha Couture argued the Okanagan Housing Cooperativ

Ongoing dispute between Osoyoos neighbours lands back in court
A long-running neighbourly dispute that has led to criminal convictions and a restraining order was back in front of the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal with the victims asking for financial compensation after their next-door neighbour tried to run

Hunters with loaded guns in vehicles worry Kamloops area conservation officers