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: America is making a choice between democracy or authoritarian rule
OPINION America is awaiting a call from voters, the election results. It is a reprieve of sorts, much like a governor’s last minute call in an old movie sparing a condemned innocent prisoner from execution. The

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

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