News Items tag as: Okanagan owls

iN PHOTOS: Northern pygmy owls hunting in Kamloops, Okanagan
March 06, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Little northern pygmy owls have been caught on cameras in Kamloops and the Okanagan this winter.
Injured owl rescued by crew at Tolko mill in Armstrong
September 29, 2021 - 6:00 AM

During a work shift at the Tolko Industries mill in Armstrong, a night crew pulled together late last week to get an injured great horned owl to safety.
If you give a hoot, here are some facts about Okanagan owls
August 21, 2018 - 6:00 PM

PENTICTON - You don’t often see them since they are most active at night, but if you live near them, you’ve likely heard their familiar calls through the Okanagan’s warm summer nights.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

iN PHOTOS: Northern pygmy owls hunting in Kamloops, Okanagan