News Items tag as: Kamloops illegal dumping

More residents illegally dumping trash, others trying to clean it up in Thompson-Okanagan
August 15, 2024 - 7:00 AM

An increasing amount of trash is piling up in ditches and dump sites off dirt roads in Kamloops and the Okanagan, and while some people with trucks are volunteering their time to pick it up and dispose of it properly, others keep on dumping it.
Bullets, condoms and refuse - see what's dumped in our protected grasslands
March 19, 2015 - 2:29 PM

KAMLOOPS – Watching several trucks drive by Batchelor Heights into the province's protected grasslands and not knowing the driver's purpose for visiting makes Park Ranger Amanda Weber-Roy nervous as she prepares for a day of work in the Lac du Bois Grasslands Saturday.
Illegal dumping in Lac du Bois 'everyone’s problem but nobody’s problem'
March 13, 2015 - 2:29 PM

KAMLOOPS – The illegal dumping happening in parkland behind a city neighbourhood has been an issue for a number of years, and one city manager says the garbage represents a social issue more than a financial one.
What's keeping one group from enjoying a favourite spot in Kamloops
March 09, 2015 - 7:30 PM

KAMLOOPS – A small group in Kamloops is working together to clean up one of their favourite locations in Kamloops, behind the Batchelor Heights neighbourhood, that is being continually trashed by people illegally dumping junk.

“There’s garbage strewn throughout the whole area,” Tearia Parsons says. “We just figured we’d go and start cleaning it up.”

Parsons says normally the Kamloops 4X4 group cleans up the area.
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Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Study says city policies drastically increase housing costs in Kamloops, Okanagan
A research paper explored how municipal government policies increase the cost of housing in B.C., and it showed that 40 per cent of a home’s cost in Kamloops and the Okanagan was due to the “zoning effect”. While at Simon

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

News Items tag as: Kamloops illegal dumping

More residents illegally dumping trash, others trying to clean it up in Thompson-Okanagan

Bullets, condoms and refuse - see what's dumped in our protected grasslands

Illegal dumping in Lac du Bois 'everyone’s problem but nobody’s problem'

What's keeping one group from enjoying a favourite spot in Kamloops

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