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This Kootenay man is turning food waste into apple flour
A dehydrator and a spice grinder are all Joe Roth needs to turn 400,000 pounds…
COVID demand for produce boxes in B.C. still booming, farmers say
Last spring, Shirlene Coté was hit with surging demand for an unusual product: Boxes filled…
SunRype switches its juice box straws to paper
SunRype is getting ahead of the proposed federal ban on plastic straws by switching to…
Kelowna may make EV charge stations mandatory for new residential developments
By 2023, the City of Kelowna wants to require all parking stalls in new residential…
City slickers tackle first winter on zero-waste farm near Kamloops
A young couple from Vancouver pursuing a zero-waste lifestyle on a farm near Kamloops is…
This Kelowna mini-storage project will eat carbon with its walls made out of hemp
In an environmentally sensitive world it’s not unusual for developers to tout the fact that…
B.C. shellfish growers experiencing watershed moment
Quadra Island oyster farmer Steve Pocock believes B.C.’s shellfish sector is facing a watershed moment. …
FortisBC could be heating B.C. homes with gas from garbage by 2050
FortisBC is a North American leader in supplying renewable natural gas and, a new study…
Those pretty buttercups blooming in Okanagan, Kamloops can make you sick
It’s a sure sign of spring in the Thompson-Okanagan region when the yellow sagebrush buttercups…
New eco-friendly facility recycles used oil, antifreeze in Kamloops
Residents of Kamloops can take used oil and antifreeze to a new facility that turns…
Anti-idling bylaw on its way in Kelowna
After a dozen years of talking about it, studying it and consulting on it, Kelowna…
Turn off your idling vehicle in Kelowna or face $150 fine
Anyone idling their vehicle for more than a minute in Kelowna will face a $150…
Tk’emlups toads protected with new road sign
Tk'emlups is trying to protect a threatened species with a new frog crossing sign. A…
Okanagan developer hasn’t fixed sewage outflow issue for years
A South Okanagan developer still hasn't fixed its overflowing septic fields despite years of orders…
iN VIDEO: Snow storm has Lower Mainland drivers slip sliding away, again
Lower Mainlanders are trudging through the snow again after more than 20 centimetres fell in…