News Items tag as: sterile insect release

Okanagan sterile moths heading south
March 26, 2019 - 7:30 AM

KELOWNA - The moths are heading south.
Sterile Insect Release Program seeking new opportunities outside Thompson-Okanagan
June 21, 2018 - 4:11 PM

PENTICTON - The Sterile Insect Release Program is looking for new ways to make money at its Osoyoos facility.
Unmanned drones are dropping sexy, sterile moths on Okanagan orchards
April 13, 2018 - 8:00 PM

KELOWNA - A new way to drop sterilized moths on Okanagan orchards could make a job that used to take an entire day take less than 45 minutes
Sterile Insect Program hopes to build on success
August 24, 2016 - 9:00 PM

PENTICTON - The Okanagan’s Sterile Insect Release program is getting international recognition as program executives seek new commercial opportunities in order to reduce costs.
Codling moth tax levy approved by Kelowna council
April 28, 2015 - 2:28 PM

KELOWNA - Orchardists, and the rest of Kelowna, will pay just over $1 million in 2015 to combat the codling moth, a destructive pest that preys on apples and pears.
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CEOs and Office Hoes event at Kamloops nightclub creates controversy
A CEOs and Office Hoes theme night at a Kamloops nightclub this weekend is drawing fire from some who call the event sexist and misogynistic. Last year, the Teenie Bikini Bistro created some controversy in the city. Front o

Okanagan sterile moths heading south