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There is so much to know, and to love, about the Interior’s endangered painted turtle
If you live in the Interior, there’s a good chance you’ve spotted a painted turtle,…
North Okanagan farmer fined $1,000 over issues with game deer
ENDERBY – A North Okanagan farmer whose herd of game deer was shot by conservation…
Independent review makes numerous recommendations in North Okanagan drinking water case
NORTH OKANAGAN – A report into a contaminated drinking water aquifer in the North Okanagan…
iN PHOTOS: Deteriorating air quality in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Have you ever seen it this bad? Smoke has blanketed the city of…
One of the world’s most notorious invasive species has free run of the Interior
VERNON – Wildlife advocates are bemoaning the arrival of the invasive eastern grey squirrel in…
UPDATE: North Okanagan couple lose home and 30-year business due to landslide risk
MINISTRY OF FORESTS RESPONDS TO CONCERNS THAT LOGGING LED TO LANDSLIDE NORTH OKANAGAN – A…
Conservation officer frustrated by number of people ignoring rules in North Okanagan
VERNON – The lack of compliance with hunting, fishing and other wildlife-related rules in the…
UPDATE: Fourth Vernon dust advisory comes to end
UPDATE: 1:16 p.m., Tuesday, March 21, 2017 VERNON – The air quality advisory issued yesterday,…
Fierce nature advocate until the end; Vernon man leaves his legacy in the treetops
VERNON – One of Vernon’s most passionate defenders of the natural world has died. Jan…
Funding for clean water tied to ‘surprising’ report on North Okanagan water supply
SPALLUMCHEEN – Spallumcheen residents affected by a longstanding water quality advisory could have clean water…
UBC Okanagan research leading to green solutions
KELOWNA – A team of researchers at UBC Okanagan is working on unique ways to…
Another dust advisory issued in Vernon
VERNON – Just a couple days after lifting a dust advisory for the Vernon area,…
Mud boggers getting spattered with fines in the North Okanagan
OKANAGAN – The Conservation Service means business when it comes to illegal mud bogging. In…
Heads up, there’s a dust advisory in Vernon right now
VERNON – A dust advisory was issued in Vernon today, and health officials say people…
City councillor thinks Vernon would support a curbside compost program
VERNON – Interest is growing for a city-wide composting program in Vernon. The idea is…
Lavington air quality update: Environment Canada gives all clear
UPDATE: 11:17 a.m. Jan. 7, 2017 Environment Canada has ended a special air quality statement…
Conservation officers come to aid of deer stranded on ice in Vernon
VERNON – Conservation officers in Vernon rescued a deer caught in a slippery situation yesterday.…
Possible causes of poor air quality under investigation in Lavington
LAVINGTON – Environment officials are looking for possible causes of poor air quality in Lavington,…
City may spend $200,000 to continue review of Ajax Mine proposal
KAMLOOPS – The review of the proposed Ajax Mine may cost the City of Kamloops…
Traffic, policing costs and invasive mussels top priorities for Vernon council at government meetings
VERNON – Local politicians made sure issues around transportation and the environment were acknowledged at…
Naturalist group fears road construction will ruin wetland trail in Vernon
VERNON – There’s concern that a road expansion project will destroy a popular walking trail.…
Greenway leading into Vernon not looking so green in places
VERNON – There’s concern the greenway just north of Vernon isn’t quite living up to…
Pilot project brings bear resistant garbage bin locks to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A pilot project in Kamloops aims to find out if there’s a way…
Disclosed Hullcar aquifer documents reignite concerns among North Okanagan residents
VERNON – After combing through a series of documents released as part of an extensive…