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No hibernation for Vernon Farmers’ Market this winter
With stalls selling a wide variety of local products from veggies to artisan wears, the…
iN VIDEO: Shuswap man visited daily by grizzly bears cutting through his yard
With a river full of salmon on one side, and swaths of corn growing on…
Relocating garbage bears is a fairy tale
While the notion of a bear that has become habituated to garbage will be humanly…
We’re not getting any better at attracting — and killing — bears
The number of bears that needed to be destroyed this year in B.C. jumped by…
Extinction Rebellion off to a slow and noisy start in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Extinction Rebellion is blocking bridges around the world as it calls for stronger…
Huge ‘majestic’ buck takes daily visits to Vernon backyard
VERNON – Stan Lawlor says when he first saw the huge buck that's taken to…
Final Kelowna climate strike doubles in size and volume
KELOWNA – There were twice as many people and they were 10 times louder than…
Kelowna traffic stopped in global die-in phenomenon
KELOWNA – If you were caught off guard last Friday when climate strikers opted for…
Fight with province over native mussels vs. invasive milfoil has divers heading into Okanagan lakes
KELOWNA – More research is planned to determine what is more importance – weed-free beaches…
Scientists say no proof of scary-looking hornet in the Okanagan
NORTH OKANAGAN – Its sting can be extremely painful and destroy hives of honey bees,…
Feds decision over ridge mussel’s status spurs Okanagan water board into action
The Okanagan Basin Water Board has renewed its appeal to the province asking for it…
‘Very small’ earthquake shakes Lumby in North Okanagan
LUMBY – People in Lumby felt the earth move Saturday night as a very small…
The shy, the venomous, and the mythical: 6 spiders of the Thompson-Okanagan
They generally mind their own business, spend their time munching down on garden pests and…
North Okanagan pushes forward with plastic bag ban
NORTH OKANAGAN – The Regional District North Okanagan has given the green light to its…
Kin Beach opened back to swimmers
VERNON – Kin Beach has been given a clean bill of health and opened back…
Geese only partly to blame for Kin Beach water woes
VERNON – A recent water quality advisory recommending people not swim at Kin Beach has…
Opponents say proposed Vernon development could threaten at-risk herons
VERNON – An online petition has received over 1,000 signatures objecting to proposed housing development…
Kin Beach on Okanagan Lake in Vernon closed to swimmers
VERNON – Swimmers are advised to stay out of the water at Kin Beach on…
7,000 Canadians have had their say about the Green New Deal
The initial results are in from the 150-plus Green New Deal town halls that took…
Fire prevention program logs 75% of forested area above Peachland
PEACHLAND – A forested area above Peachland was recently thinned by around 75 per cent…
Province should make exemption to milfoil rototilling ban to fight invasive species: report
A new Parliamentary committee report suggests that an exemption should be put in place to…
Major fuel spill in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Fire crews spent the afternoon cleaning up hundreds of litres of spilled fuel…
Don’t be ssscared: The 7 snakes of the Thompson-Okanagan
Vilified over time by everybody from Hollywood to the Old Testament, snakes are generally given…
Vernon to explore a ban on idling vehicles
VERNON – Vernon city council is looking into a possible ban to prevent vehicles from…