News Items tag as: Painted turtle

iN PHOTOS: Western painted turtles popping up in ponds around Okanagan, Kamloops
May 07, 2025 - 4:00 AM

It's mating season for western painted turtles. They're appearing in ponds and lakes in Kamloops and the Okanagan.
Threatened turtles on their way to lay eggs crushed by cars in Kamloops, Okanagan
June 23, 2024 - 6:00 AM

A forest service road in Kamloops has western painted turtles crossing it to find spots to lay their eggs and two were run over by vehicles and taken into the BC Wildlife Park rehabilitation centre with injuries earlier this week.
iN PHOTOS: Western painted turtles spotted sunning themselves in Kamloops, Okanagan
April 04, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Western painted turtles can be seen in ponds and lakes in Kamloops and the Okanagan out basking in the spring sunshine.
Slow down: Proceed like a turtle when on this West Kelowna road
April 29, 2021 - 7:30 AM

For many longtime Rose Valley residents, the turtles that migrate across Westlake Road on their way to breeding grounds mapped out in their DNA are a precious part of the community.
Painted turtles get much needed extra attention in West Kelowna neighbourhood
April 25, 2021 - 2:01 PM

Turtles that embark on a potentially deadly migration this time of year in West Kelowna are getting a little extra attention.
Okanagan woman’s concern for Western painted turtles leads to turtle crossing
June 12, 2020 - 1:52 PM

A Lake Country resident is spreading awareness for western painted turtles after it was discovered that cross a particular roadway in the Central Okanagan.
Okanagan turtle injured by sticks and stones has a fighting chance
May 20, 2020 - 11:43 AM

Badly injured from the rocks and sticks that were hurled at it, the turtle Peter Wise took yesterday to a Vernon veterinarian for emergency care didn’t seem to have a chance.
There is so much to know, and to love, about the Interior's endangered painted turtle
June 08, 2018 - 6:30 PM

If you live in the Interior, there’s a good chance you’ve spotted a painted turtle, or at least seen a turtle crossing sign.
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iN DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of May 26. They may have been edited slightly for readability. Th

A look back at the glory days of celery production in the Okanagan
Celery isn’t grown commercially locally these days, but once upon a time there were acres of it growing in the Okanagan. Kelowna resident Domenic Rampone’s family immigrated from northern Italy to Kelowna in 1893 where they grew

North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
A North Thompson woman has lost a legal battle against more than a dozen insurance companies after she was refused coverage because she grew medical cannabis on her property. According to a May 2 BC Human Rights Tribunal decision, form

New Kamloops supportive housing site comes with $30M price tag
A new North Kamloops supportive housing project is slated for move-in by 2028. BC Housing is looking for contractors to build the 54-unit building and attached a $30.5 million price tag. That's according to procurement documents,

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