News Items tag as: Swan Lake

Unstable, dangerous ice on North Okanagan lake
March 13, 2018 - 12:21 PM

VERNON - Ice skaters, anglers and other outdoor enthusiasts are being warned to watch their step on Swan Lake, just outside of Vernon.
Chainsaws, scuba gear required to pull sunken truck out of North Okanagan lake
January 10, 2017 - 3:44 PM

VERNON - The removal of a sunken truck from Swan Lake created quite the spectacle today in the North Okanagan.
Thin ice warning for Vernon's Swan lake
February 02, 2015 - 3:21 PM

VERNON - Authorities are warning the public to stay safe around Swan Lake.
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THOMPSON: Junk drawers: No method to my indefensible organizational madness
OPINION Maybe everyone has that drawer, you know, the one where you stick things because you don’t know where else to put it. I hope - for your sake - you don’t have what I have, multiple drawers. I

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'
VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." The BC Craft Farmers Co-Op

Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i

Unstable, dangerous ice on North Okanagan lake