News Items tag as: KLMAY0715 Retired conservation officer speaks out about the realities of a service stretched too thin May 08, 2015 - 7:34 PM “YOU CAME TO WORK EVERY DAY KNOWING YOU COULD NOT FULFILL EVERY PHONE CALL AND REPORTED COMPLAINT” New wildfire recruits put through paces May 08, 2015 - 2:33 PM MERRITT - More than 200 seasonal firefighter applicants have made the cut and this month they are being put through a ‘rigorous’ bootcamp near Merritt. Summer watering restrictions likely as province records average lowest snowpack levels in 31 years May 08, 2015 - 11:33 AM THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The lastest snowpack measurements from the provincial government’s river forecast centre are showing record low levels in some areas including the Okanagan and Similkameen regions. Belgo Elementary locked down after “false report” May 07, 2015 - 3:37 PM KELOWNA – Belgo Elementary School in Rutland was locked down Thursday afternoon for what RCMP are calling a “false report.” New pet registry promotes microchip implants May 07, 2015 - 2:34 PM THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The SPCA is promoting a new province-wide pet identification registry where animals with microchip implants can have their information stored in a centralized database. Valley mayors push for early start to water conservation May 07, 2015 - 1:10 PM OKANAGAN - Mindful of the dry winter the Okanagan has just experienced, valley mayors and councillors joined the Okanagan Basin Water Board for an early launch of the Make Water Work conservation campaign today. Rockets grab son of former NHLer in bantam draft May 07, 2015 - 11:54 AM KELOWNA – The Kelowna Rockets have picked the son of former NHLer Adam Foote with its first selection at the Western Hockey League Bantam Draft in Calgary. Paving work will impact traffic on Highway 97 May 07, 2015 - 11:44 AM VERNON - There will be delays on Highway 97 over the next month as repaving work gets underway. Kelowna MP Ron Cannan takes stand at Duffy senate spending trial May 07, 2015 - 11:38 AM OTTAWA - There's a two-step dance that parliamentarians learn so they can piggyback political events onto taxpayer-paid trips — were Sen. Mike Duffy's waltzes across the country at the behest of his colleagues any different? West Kelowna stabbing victim dies in hospital May 07, 2015 - 10:13 AM WEST KELOWNA – The 45-year-old West Kelowna man who was stabbed in a fight last week has died in hospital. More ... GEORGE: Why we should care about sustainability OPINION Earth Day is one of the times when I post my favourite definition of sustainability on Facebook. I feel that it is important to remind people that the lives we lead are about as far from being sustainable as EDITORIAL CARTOON Top News 'Grateful there were no injuries:' Small plane touches down on Calgary street CALGARY - A small plane carrying six people made an emergency landing on a Calgary street on Wednesday morning. Police say the twin-engine p April 25, 2018 9:00 AM Combat 'vile' material faster and better, or else, G7 tells internet companies TORONTO - Canada and it G7 partners warned the world's biggest internet companies on Tuesday to do a better job of deleting "vile" m April 25, 2018 8:30 AM Opposition motion calls for action to stop the flow of illegal border crossings OTTAWA - As an influx of illegal border crossings by asylum seekers continues to cause pressures in Quebec, the issue is creating mounting tension April 25, 2018 7:00 AM Could Toronto van attack signal more reasoned social media? Experts are divided. TORONTO - Within minutes after a white van hopped the sidewalk and began mowing down pedestrians on a Toronto street, photographs and videos of th April 25, 2018 6:00 AM B.C.'s condo-flipping crackdown law targets tax evasion to keep down prices VICTORIA - British Columbia's government is moving to ease the province's housing crisis by cracking down on tax evasion in the condominiu April 24, 2018 9:00 PM Tweets by @infonewsvernon
