News Items tag as: OBWB

Water board pushing for enhanced invasive mussel-fighting legislation
November 21, 2018 - 1:08 PM

The Okanagan Basin Water Board continues its push for legislation to require mandatory out-of-province boat inspections in an effort to stop invasive mussels from entering the province's waterways.
Weather and wildfires interfere with water board's floodplain mapping project
October 18, 2018 - 5:30 PM

PENTICTON - The Okanagan Basin Water Board’s summer project to map the Okanagan flood plain hasn’t gone as smoothly as hoped, as the project has had to deal with bad weather and a tragic accident involving the air crew assigned to the mapping survey.
B.C. invasive mussel fight continues into fall season
September 19, 2018 - 2:00 PM

The battle for funding to keep invasive mussels out of B.C. lakes continues as another boating season winds down for the year.
Vaseux Lake residents concerned about lake water quality
January 04, 2017 - 8:00 PM

PENTICTON - Residents living along the shoreline of Vaseux Lake met with regional district officials last month to express their concerns about the deteriorating quality of the lake’s water.
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Booming construction industry leaves contractors scrambling to find workers
OKANAGAN - Contractors in the Okanagan are having a tough time finding workers. With more people retiring from the construction business than are picking up the tools, combined with under-the-table operations cutting corners, construction firms i

Water board pushing for enhanced invasive mussel-fighting legislation