News Items tag as: Okanagan Mountain Park

Okanagan Mountain Park will expand thanks to $4 million in donations
August 01, 2023 - 7:27 AM

It took two extra weeks but the entire $4 million has now been raised to buy 151.7 acres of private land and add it to Okanagan Mountain Park.
Time running out to donate to Kelowna's Okanagan Mountain Park expansion
July 12, 2023 - 12:06 PM

Efforts to raise $650,000 in 10 days to buy land bordering on Kelowna's Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park seem to be falling short.
Dozens of Kelowna homes were almost bulldozed during wildfire 20 years ago
July 09, 2023 - 11:00 AM

The orders had been given and bulldozers were on their way to the Upper Mission of Kelowna in a desperate effort to save the city from the Okanagan Mountain Park Wildfire of 2003.
Here’s your chance to help expand Okanagan Mountain Park
July 05, 2023 - 7:00 PM

A final push is being made to raise the money needed to buy 151.7 acres of waterfront land surrounded by Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park by July 15.
Should this multi-million dollar property for sale be in Okanagan Mountain Park?
May 07, 2022 - 6:00 AM
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There are three sections of privately owned waterfront lands surrounded by Okanagan Mountain Park that the province, in theory, wants to buy.
Conservation group creating action plan for Okanagan wildlife corridor
January 22, 2021 - 5:03 PM

An action plan for Okanagan governments and land owners will soon be made available to protect a wildlife corridor that spans between two regional parks.
Why forest regeneration in Okanagan Mountain Park is a rare, natural thing
November 08, 2019 - 7:45 AM

If you got a view of Okanagan Mountain Park this fall, you might have noticed something odd and rarely seen around Super Natural British Columbia — large patches of yellow from a forest in natural re-growth.
Province has no plans to buy land for sale to add to Okanagan Mountain Park
June 17, 2019 - 5:30 PM

KELOWNA - A little-known stretch of private land next to Okanagan Mountain Park, one of few places with an accessible beach is up for sale — but the province has no plans to add it to the park.
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Iconic Penticton Peach concession stand back in local hands
After a few years with an out-of-town operator, The Peach concession stand in Penticton has a local one. Ice cream and sweets shop Tickleberry’s is going to be operating the stand this summer as well as the Skaha Main concession stand

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New short-term rental bylaw means some in Kamloops may not be available
New licensing rules are putting pressure on Kamloops homeowners hosting short-term rentals, and some may not be allowed any longer. A new bylaw will require hosts get business licenses, bringing Kamloops in line with similar restrictions ac

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