News Items tag as: Okanagan Indian Band

UBC Okanagan student's research may help communities avoid flooding after wildfire
November 18, 2023 - 3:30 PM

Through its Public Scholars Initiative, the University of British Columbia Okanagan is making wildfire regions, such as the Okanagan, safer.
Indigenous Bloom opens cannabis store in Lake Country
January 22, 2019 - 5:00 PM
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LAKE COUNTRY - A cannabis retailer has been up and running in the Central Okanagan for just over a week now in a region that has yet to see a legal pot shop open its doors.
North Okanagan property owners set to vote on wastewater funding
January 16, 2019 - 6:30 AM

NORTH OKANAGAN - North Okanagan property owners will soon have their say on the funding for a proposed wastewater recovery project.
Local politicians in Central Okanagan plan to get up close and personal
November 23, 2018 - 3:00 PM

KELOWNA - West Kelowna is first in line for what could be a series of council-to-council meetings next year to discuss regional issues in the Central Okanagan.
Flooding still has some waterfront properties in North Okanagan under evacuation order
July 11, 2017 - 9:00 PM

NORTH OKANAGAN - As wildfires rage across the province, some people in the North Okanagan still can’t return to their waterfront properties because of flooding.
Suspected algae bloom in Okanagan Lake a 'natural occurrence,' officials say
June 27, 2017 - 4:42 PM

VERNON - A possible algae bloom at the north end of Okanagan Lake continues to be monitored and the Ministry of Environment says there is no evidence that raw sewage made it into the water.
FLOOD WATCH 2017: Okanagan Indian Band issues evacuation orders as lake levels rise
May 24, 2017 - 6:27 AM

VERNON - The Okanagan Indian Band has issued evacuation orders for flood affected residents and organized an informational town hall meeting for tonight.
UPDATE: Parker Cove residents evacuated overnight now allowed to return home
May 10, 2017 - 9:51 AM

VERNON - People living in Parker Cove, on Okanagan Lake, have been given the OK to return home this mornign after an overnight evacuation order due to a large log jam.
Okanagan Indian Band elects some fresh faces to council
March 30, 2017 - 9:53 AM

VERNON - Six new councillors have been elected to the Okanagan Indian Band council.
Okanagan Indian Band members vote for next chief and council
March 29, 2017 - 11:35 AM

NORTH OKANAGAN - The polls are open as Okanagan Indian Band members vote for a new chief and council today, March 29.
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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

Penticton business set to launch cannabis consumption patio on 4/20
A Penticton cannabis retailer will be opening its consumption patio this weekend and the owner says it'll be the perfect spot for customers to safely enjoy a toke. Cannabis Cottage is hosting a launch party for its all-new designat

Thousands of short-term rentals in B.C. go back to long-term May 1
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby is warning real estate investors and speculators that his government is tilting the rules towards families seeking homes as it tightens the rules on short-term rentals. Eby said Thursday th

News Items tag as: Okanagan Indian Band

UBC Okanagan student's research may help communities avoid flooding after wildfire

Indigenous Bloom opens cannabis store in Lake Country

North Okanagan property owners set to vote on wastewater funding

Local politicians in Central Okanagan plan to get up close and personal

Flooding still has some waterfront properties in North Okanagan under evacuation order

Suspected algae bloom in Okanagan Lake a 'natural occurrence,' officials say

FLOOD WATCH 2017: Okanagan Indian Band issues evacuation orders as lake levels rise

UPDATE: Parker Cove residents evacuated overnight now allowed to return home

Okanagan Indian Band elects some fresh faces to council

Okanagan Indian Band members vote for next chief and council

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