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News Items tag as: B.C. Wildfire
Indigenous knowledge and values add sustainability to Okanagan forest industry
April 28, 2024 - 7:00 PM
While forestry throughout BC is often regarded as unsustainably managed, a Westbank First Nation logging company is showing how, through Indigenous knowledge and values, sustainability can be brought back to the industry.
Hundreds gathered in West Kelowna to celebrate wildfire fighters, look ahead to this season
April 27, 2024 - 3:05 PM
There was an Okanagan Wildfire Responders gratitude event at Memorial Park in West Kelowna today.
UPDATE: Wildfire north of Oliver reaches 4 hectares
April 20, 2024 - 3:49 PM
BC Wildfire Service has responded to a wildfire in Dutton Creek between Oliver and Penticton.
Couple biking across Canada raise money for reforestation after seeing Kelowna wildfires
April 06, 2024 - 3:00 PM
Two cyclists are setting off on a cross country bike trip to raise money for reforestation after witnessing last year’s wildfires in Kelowna.
Penticton chamber asks for more thought on travel bans ahead of wildfire season
February 23, 2024 - 3:00 PM
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Businesses in Penticton are asking the provincial government to avoid economic hardship caused by unnecessary travel bans this wildfire season.
Shuswap director to hear community grievances over wildfire management
November 21, 2023 - 12:00 PM
Shuswap residents will have their opportunity to hear information gathered by citizens critical of the management of the Bush Creek East wildfire that decimated homes and properties in the Shuswap this summer later this week.
Wildfire damage to BC rivers continues for many years after flames are doused
September 30, 2023 - 4:30 PM
While hundreds of people burnt out by the McDougall Creek wildfire in and around West Kelowna last month are still struggling to get their lives back together, for most others it’s already a rapidly fading memory.
McDougall Creek wildfire alerts rescinded; Glen Lake orders downgraded
September 25, 2023 - 3:56 PM
The Central Okanagan emergency operations centre has removed almost all the evacuation alerts associated with for the McDougall Creek wildfire and downgraded evacuation orders and alerts for the Glen Lake wildfire.
Deliberately set fires in West Kelowna area will help 'FireSmart' efforts
August 29, 2023 - 6:00 AM
After record-breaking wildfire seasons in 2017 and 2018, there was a lot of talk about deliberately setting forests on fire, including in the West Kelowna area, to reduce future fire risk.
How a deadly slide in Kelowna saved homes in a wildfire a decade later
July 09, 2023 - 12:30 PM
The death of Charlie Philpott and his family in a tragic 1990 slide east of Kelowna changed how people responded to emergencies throughout the Central Okanagan.
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Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of May 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjone
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
Kelowna increased land values; now residents, businesses are getting the bills
The City of Kelowna was far ahead of the provincial government when it streamlined higher density housing in core areas almost two years ago. The city made it easier to redevelop existing properties to gain height or density without going t
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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, s
May 08, 2024 10:00 PM
A scorching, rocky planet twice Earth's size has a thick atmosphere, scientists say
DALLAS (AP) — A thick atmosphere has been detected around a planet that’s twice as big as Earth in a nea
May 08, 2024 9:00 PM
The Latest | Rafah's hospitals will run out of fuel in 3 days, WHO says
The World Health Organization says it has only three days of fuel for its medical operations in southern Gaza, with sho
May 08, 2024 7:45 PM
Kelowna looking for owners of vacant burial plots in city cemetery
The City of Kelowna is trying to free up space in its cemetery because others are dying to get in. Plenty of u
May 08, 2024 7:00 PM
Vernon school board, union named in lawsuit by former janitor
A former janitor with the Vernon Board of Education and a frequent thorn in the side of board members, is now suing
May 08, 2024 6:00 PM
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