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News Items tag as: Okanagan Forest Task Force
Volunteer group tackling largest encampment cleanup yet
November 13, 2023 - 1:00 PM
The Okanagan Forest Task Force is planning to cleanup tons of garbage from a large encampment in the woods.
Kelowna forest cleanup group may have saved a life and a forest last night
July 21, 2023 - 7:30 AM
The Okanagan Forest Task Force regularly patrols the woods around Kelowna and cleans up tonnes of garbage and abandoned vehicles.
Abandoned homeless campsite on road to Big White Resort focus of cleanup effort
May 11, 2022 - 12:30 PM
A lot of the work done by the Okanagan Forest Task Force to clean up garbage and abandoned campsites is in remote areas and not always visible to the public.
Okanagan group known for ridding the forest of garbage receives Conservation Officer Service award
October 17, 2021 - 2:02 PM
The Okanagan Forest Task Force has received an important award from the Conservation Officer Service this morning for their efforts to rid the forest of trash.
Few people dumping garbage in Okanagan forests are actually being fined
January 27, 2021 - 7:30 AM
Despite the best efforts of community groups during a year that’s showing an uptick in illegal dumping, not very many people are actually being fined.
iN VIDEO: The owner of this dump pile found in Kelowna may have been found
December 08, 2020 - 3:30 PM
It’s not the worst individual act of illegal dumping that Kane Blake has ever seen but it’s definitely blatant.
Not just illegal dumping: This Kelowna group is now dousing fires
August 31, 2020 - 5:15 PM
Sensitive to how dry Okanagan forests are these days, the Okanagan Forest Task Force is taking a break from hauling illegally dumped garbage out of nearby forests to concentrate on campfires.
Almost 25,000 pounds of junk was hauled from Okanagan forests last weekend
July 28, 2020 - 4:13 PM
The Okanagan Forest Task Force added 23,600 pounds to the tonnes of garbage it’s already removed from Okanagan forests.
More eyes are searching out illegal garbage dumpers in the forests around Kelowna
July 28, 2020 - 8:00 AM
Donations are pouring into the Okanagan Forest Task Force as it ramps up its efforts to not only clean up illegal dumpsites but to capture the perpetrators in action.
Big White Ski Resort donates $2,000 to stop illegal dumping
July 24, 2020 - 10:18 AM
A volunteer forestry group aiming to rid the Central Okanagan woods of illegally dumped trash will have an easier time catching dumpers thanks to a donation.
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit
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Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i
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UBCO not releasing engineering reports for downtown excavation that caused evacuation
UBC won't make public the engineering reports for the construction site in downtown Kelowna that caused the evac
April 23, 2024 7:00 AM
iN PHOTOS: Nature lovers celebrate flora, fauna for Earth Day in Kamloops, Okanagan
Photographers are sharing their favourite photos of flora and fauna captured in Kamloops and the Okanagan in celebra
April 23, 2024 6:00 AM
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