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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Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Study says city policies drastically increase housing costs in Kamloops, Okanagan
A research paper explored how municipal government policies increase the cost of housing in B.C., and it showed that 40 per cent of a home’s cost in Kamloops and the Okanagan was due to the “zoning effect”. While at Simon

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

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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