News Items tag as: Summerland landfill

Summerland awarded grant funding for composting facility
January 31, 2020 - 3:03 PM

Summerland is one step closer to realizing a new and expanded local organics processing facility following the awarding of grant funding.
Opportunity lost after council denies composting facility, says Summerland mayor
October 25, 2017 - 5:30 PM

SUMMERLAND - District of Summerland Mayor Peter Waterman is not happy about a council decision Monday night that scuttled further exploration of a Summerland landfill for a regional district compost site.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
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From frost to drought: Strong start to Okanagan asparagus season despite challenges
It’s finally asparagus season at a North Okanagan farm after cooler spring weather pushed back the predicted start date, and all hands are on deck picking the crunchy green spears. For the past few weeks, overnight sub-zero temperatur

Thailand's prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized
BANGKOK (AP) — The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said Wednesday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns that the lack of regulation had made it available to children a

Ritz-Carlton looking to build luxury homes at Vernon’s Predator Ridge resort
Vernon’s Predator Ridge resort community is not only looking to build a gondola, the global luxury brand Ritz-Carlton is set to build vacation homes. Wesbild Holdings, the company that owns Predator Ridge, announced today, May 9, the

Summerland awarded grant funding for composting facility