dog park

Kelowna tackles need for second dog beach

KELOWNA - There isn't a lot to building a dog park — but figuring out where to put it can take years. With that in mind, the city’s urban planning manager Terry Barton is proposing the city start a public engagement process to figure out what is needed and, most importantly, where people will tolerate another...

Attack leaves Vernon woman fearful of returning to dog park

VERNON - A Vernon woman will think twice before visiting a dog park after her four-pound Yorkshire terrier died after being attacked at the DND grounds last month.  Cassandra Malinosky took her five-year-old dog Jemma almost everywhere with her, including work, and always kept a watchful eye over her, particularly because she was so tiny....

More work needed to repair downtown water main

PENTICTON - City of Penticton public works crews will be returning to the site of one of two water main breaks that occurred last week. A water main break on Sunday, Feb. 1 at the corner of Main Street and Wade Avenue sparked a boil water advisory and resulted in thousands of gallons of water...

Public wants dogs allowed on McArthur Island

KAMLOOPS - The Rivers Trail runs from one end of the city to the other but people walking their dogs are forced to deviate from the trail once they hit McArthur Island because of a no dogs allowed bylaw at the park. City of Kamloops staff are hoping to change that in 2015, but there...