News Items tag as: Thompson Okanagan badgers

South Okanagan man finds and photographs family of endangered badgers
July 02, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Ralph Palmer found a family of badgers on the side of his long driveway on Anarchist Mountain near Osoyoos last week and he has been enjoying observing them since.
Badger study in North Thompson aiming to determine how many endangered critters are left
November 12, 2022 - 6:03 PM

By some estimates, there are only 350 breeding American badgers in B.C. but a research group is hoping to determine more accurate numbers with the endangered population.
Rare B.C. badger spotted near Okanagan winery
October 09, 2020 - 5:30 PM

There are very few of them left in British Columbia, but residents are still managing to catch sight of the elusive badger in the Okanagan valley.
Rare endangered badger finds new home near Osoyoos Desert Centre
October 06, 2020 - 7:00 AM

It took some lucky sightings by some guests with an eye for detail to confirm a badger sighting at the Osoyoos Desert Centre recently.
Death of badger in Kamloops garden was human caused: conservation officer
July 24, 2020 - 10:53 AM

Necropsy results have revealed the badger seen in a Kamloops garden this past spring died of suffocation.
The ‘badger hotline’ and why Thompson-Okanagan residents are being asked to use it
May 27, 2016 - 9:00 PM

AN ‘INCREDIBLY CUTE’ SPECIES WITH A BIG ATTITUDE AND A SHRINKING POPULATION
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La Terrazza owner charged with defrauding Penticton winery
The business partner of a Penticton winery has been charged with defrauding the business. Restaurateur and business partner Giulio Miceli is scheduled to appear in a Penticton courthouse, Aug. 13, facing a single charge of defrauding the Pl

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More people left Thompson-Okanagan to other provinces in 2024 than arrived
The Thompson-Okanagan region had its slowest year of population growth in more than a decade last year. According to a report released by the Chartered Professional Accountants of BC, between July 1, 2023 and July 1, 2024, more than 9,200 p

South Okanagan man finds and photographs family of endangered badgers