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Man fined $575 for dumping trash in woods near Kelowna
A man has been fined $575 after dumping a large load of trash in the…
Conservation officers looking for help to identify illegal dumper
The B.C. Conservation Officer Service is asking for the public’s help to locate a vehicle…
Few people dumping garbage in Okanagan forests are actually being fined
Despite the best efforts of community groups during a year that’s showing an uptick in…
iN VIDEO: The owner of this dump pile found in Kelowna may have been found
It’s not the worst individual act of illegal dumping that Kane Blake has ever seen…
More eyes are searching out illegal garbage dumpers in the forests around Kelowna
Donations are pouring into the Okanagan Forest Task Force as it ramps up its efforts…
Big White Ski Resort donates $2,000 to stop illegal dumping
A volunteer forestry group aiming to rid the Central Okanagan woods of illegally dumped trash…
Violation tickets handed out for illegal dumping as concerned citizens help B.C. conservation officers catch perpetrators
A number of people are currently under investigation and could be facing fines of up…
Hidden cameras in Okanagan forests lead to more than a dozen garbage dumping fines
Members of the Okanagan Forest Task Force are using their own money to put cameras…
20,000 lbs of metal hauled away from West Kelowna’s Bull Mountain
With the amount of discarded metal and burned-out cars becoming an eyesore on Bull Mountain,…
Okanagan volunteers remove more than 8,300 lbs. of illegally dumped garbage from forest
The Okanagan Forest Task Force had their hands full removing illegally dumped waste this past…
South Okanagan authorities hope someone recognizes truck involved in illegal dumping
PENTICTON – The B.C. Conservation Officer Service is hoping the public can assist them in…
Kamloops Naturalist Club working on new way to deal with illegal dumping
KAMLOOPS – Just days after an adopt-a-road clean-up was conducted near the Tranquille Ecological Reserve,…
Illegal dumping in the Okanagan is just laziness: Local cleanup task force
KELOWNA – Illegal dumping has been a longstanding issue around the Okanagan, but with numerous…
Never-ending garbage dumping frustrates Kelowna group trying to clean-up the mess
KELOWNA – To those who continue to dump illegally, get ready to be publicly shamed.…
Illegal and improper dumping blamed for spread of invasive plants in the Shuswap
SALMON ARM – If you thought it was a good idea to dump the contents…
Stamp out litterbugs, West Kelowna asks residents
SMITH CREEK GARBAGE PROMPTS PLEA TO REPORT ILLEGAL DUMPING WEST KELOWNA – A mound of…
Abandoned camper underscores illegal dumping problem in Central Okanagan
KELOWNA - They had to use a tow truck to get rid of a piece of garbage, an old camper, illegally dumped up Postill Lake Road today. The regional waste reduction office says it recently learned through social media of the dumped camper. The camper is just the tip of a much larger problem though...
Bullets, condoms and refuse – see what’s dumped in our protected grasslands
KAMLOOPS – Watching several trucks drive by Batchelor Heights into the province's protected grasslands and not knowing the driver's purpose for visiting makes Park Ranger Amanda Weber-Roy nervous as she prepares for a day of work in the Lac du Bois Grasslands Saturday. She looks for signs of recreational users — an ATV, a mountain...
Illegal dumping in Lac du Bois ‘everyone’s problem but nobody’s problem’
KAMLOOPS – The illegal dumping happening in parkland behind a city neighbourhood has been an issue for a number of years, and one city manager says the garbage represents a social issue more than a financial one. Streets and Environmental Services Manager Glen Farrow says while tipping fees at the city dump have increased and...