News Items tag as: Kelowna climate change

Cows could be newest tool in Kelowna's wildfire mitigation efforts
September 13, 2023 - 12:00 PM

An unlikely hero has appeared in climate crisis and resulting wildfire emergencies in BC: cows.
‘We have loaded the weather dice:’ Climate change linked to B.C.'s heat wave
June 27, 2021 - 3:30 PM

A UBC climate expert says there is “absolutely” a link between B.C.’s current extreme weather temperatures and climate change.
Extinction Rebellion off to a slow and noisy start in Kelowna
October 07, 2019 - 6:39 PM

KELOWNA - Extinction Rebellion is blocking bridges around the world as it calls for stronger action on climate change, but a dozen protesters in Kelowna didn’t quite make it as far as the Bennett bridge.
Kamloops and Okanagan cities not ready to call climate change an emergency
July 19, 2019 - 9:30 AM

KELOWNA - It might be the end of the world as we know it, but most municipalities in the Okanagan and the City of Kamloops feel fine, or at least not ready to ring the alarm bells.
$43 billion could be needed for climate change fight, UBCO report shows
June 24, 2019 - 4:30 PM

OKANAGAN - A recent study spearheaded by a UBC Okanagan professor said the fight against environmental change needs to begin on the local level, but that doesn't mean victory will come cheap.
iN PHOTOS: Students gather in Kelowna, Vernon to rally for the environment
May 03, 2019 - 4:08 PM

KELOWNA - In Kelowna's Stuart Park today, students held up dead tree branches. One by one, people approached the branches and tied ribbons to them. These ribbons were covered in words describing what people want to protect from climate change.
Kelowna can't meet climate change targets, wants to move the goal posts
July 30, 2018 - 2:14 PM

KELOWNA - The final toll will likely sound tomorrow night for Kelowna’s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets first set in 2007.
Kelowna can't meet old greenhouse gas emissions goals, should change the target, staff say
June 15, 2018 - 5:00 PM

KELOWNA - The city has given up trying to meet greenhouse gas emission targets it set for 2017, although efforts to lower them should be continued.
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THOMPSON: Do you know where second base goes on a baseball diamond? Most don't
OPINION Whether you play or only watch baseball, most people probably believe they know exactly where second base is located. The truth is, most of the people I ask cannot place second base correctly. What?

iN PHOTOS: How a Kamloops food photographer makes mouthwatering images
Kamloops resident Crystal Hughes had a passion for photography since high school. After earning diplomas in holistic nutrition, and starting a family, she combined her love for photography, healthy food and cooking. She's been working a

A growing number of Oregon cities vote to ban psychedelic mushroom compound psilocybin
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Drug reform advocates hailed Oregon as a progressive leader when it became the first in the nation to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin, the compound found in psychedelic mushrooms. But four years later,

House of Commons debate over Kelowna housing data reveals the art of the spin
Housing data for Kelowna sparked an exchange between a local Member of Parliament and the federal Housing Minister in the House of Commons earlier this week where statistics were given out of context. Kelowna-Lake Country MP Trac

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