News Items tag as: Painted turtle

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 RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

Why butchers are making a comeback in B.C.
Being a butcher is much more than standing in a freezer and hacking meat with a knife, and a butchery instructor in Kamloops says the craft is rising in popularity. Corey Davison is an assistant teaching professor in the retail meat process

UBCO, TRU study finds cannabis use helps in recovery from hard drugs
A new study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University has found that cannabis use can offer benefits to people undergoing treatment for substance use. People living in a residential recovery facility were given supervised amounts of

Vernon homeowners to see whopping 10% tax increase
Homeowners in Vernon are set for the highest property tax increase in years with an almost 10% jump when compared to last year. With little debate, Vernon council approved the 9.91% increase – a rate four times that of inflation.

News Items tag as: Painted turtle

Threatened turtles on their way to lay eggs crushed by cars in Kamloops, Okanagan

iN PHOTOS: Western painted turtles spotted sunning themselves in Kamloops, Okanagan

Slow down: Proceed like a turtle when on this West Kelowna road

Painted turtles get much needed extra attention in West Kelowna neighbourhood

Okanagan woman’s concern for Western painted turtles leads to turtle crossing

Okanagan turtle injured by sticks and stones has a fighting chance

There is so much to know, and to love, about the Interior's endangered painted turtle

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