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Elderly Kamloops fishers lose legal fight to fish for kokanee in nearby lake
An elderly group of fly fishers who claimed that not being able to put their…
Shuswap school district fined $3,000 over repeated water sampling failure
The North Okanagan Shuswap school district has been fined $3,040 for multiple failures in submitting…
BC looking for opinions on emergency support services during disastrous wildfire season
The BC government has launched a survey to hear from people about the resources available…
Shuswap school district fined $5,000 for failed sewage testing
A Shuswap elementary school's sewage system went untested more than a dozen times in a…
Teck warned after 29 spills at Kootenay coal mine
A coal mine near Elk Valley in the Kootenays spilled thousands of litres of process…
Late-season wildfires behind smoky skies warning for Kamloops, Okanagan
Kamloops and the Okanagan are among the many regions in B.C. under a smoky skies…
Wildfires prompt smoky skies warning across B.C. Interior
Several large wildfires burning in B.C., and south of the border in Washington state and…
Smoky skies warning for Fraser Canyon due to wildfire near Lytton
Smoke from the wildfire burning near Lytton has forced officials to issue a special air…
Okanagan Mountain park expanding to add trails, improve wildlife habitat
The B.C. government is adding 21 hectares to an Okanagan provincial park to better wildlife…
Echo Lake Provincial Park in North Okanagan is expanding
Echo Lake Provincial Park east of Vernon will be expanding by 65 hectares, thanks to…
B.C. plan to expand recycling includes mattresses, single-use fuel canisters and even fire extinguishers
Producers and consumers will be required to recycle more products in the province, as part…
B.C. buys 10 ha of rare grassland for South Okanagan protected area
B.C. Parks is spending $314,000 for 10 hectares of rare grassland near Okanagan Falls. The…
New reporting tool to identify potentially harmful algae in B.C. lakes
The B.C. government has created a website to help identify algae blooms on lake. The…
B.C. woman ‘banned’ from Okanagan provincial park after topless photoshoot
A B.C. woman says she intends to file a human rights complaint after being kicked…
Invasive shrimp in Okanagan Lake still an issue after 50 years
By the time the B.C. government realized that introducing mysis shrimp into Okanagan Lake was…