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14,600 pounds of dumped yard waste removed from forest in Peachland
Environmental groups are working to clean-up literal tons of flammable garbage from the forest in…
Peachland man putting in elbow grease to get Merritt homeowners back on their feet
A Peachland resident is helping clean out Merritt homes that were heavily impacted by the…
iN PHOTOS: Here’s what it takes to remove 6,000 pounds of garbage from the Okanagan backcountry
The Okanagan Forest Task Force rounded up 70 to 80 volunteers last weekend to help…
Okanagan forest clean-up group founder sees increasing number of people living in forest
The founder of a Central Okanagan forest clean-up group is seeing increasing numbers of people…
Burnt-out car, trash removed from Silver Star Road in Vernon
They are an eye sore and not easy to get rid of, but thanks to…
Two Kamloops teens are putting dreams of a clean hometown into action
KAMLOOPS – Two Kamloops teens are tired of seeing their local parks and rivers covered with…
Vernon street cleanup collects 25 bags of trash in one hour
VERNON – It took 21 willing volunteers just one hour to collect 25 garbage bags…
Vernon paddle boarder recognized for ‘Herculean’ lake cleanup effort
VERNON – Paddle boarder Aaron Nasipayko has been rewarded for his cleanup effort on Kalamalka…
Volunteers haul tons of garbage out of the bush in Peachland
PEACHLAND – A group of hard working volunteers got their hands dirty — really dirty…
April is community clean up month in the Central Okanagan
KELOWNA – Volunteers gathered in the woods yesterday for the official kickoff of an annual,…
Kamloops outdoors groups come together to clean trash out of grasslands
KAMLOOPS – After thousands of pounds of garbage were pulled out of the Dewdrop area…
What’s keeping one group from enjoying a favourite spot in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A small group in Kamloops is working together to clean up one of their favourite locations in Kamloops, behind the Batchelor Heights neighbourhood, that is being continually trashed by people illegally dumping junk. “There’s garbage strewn throughout the whole area,” Tearia Parsons says. “We just figured we’d go and start cleaning it up.”...