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iN PHOTOS: Creative woodcarver’s sculptures popping up around Okanagan
Woodcarver Kamron Garbe just finished his second commissioned piece for the City of Kelowna, transforming…
iN PHOTOS: Natural beauty abounds on a walk along Penticton shorelines
Avid wildlife photographer Jodi Forster has been finding an abundance of colourful flora and fauna…
iN VIDEO: Kamloops woman has surprise encounter with endangered badger
A longtime Kamloops resident had never seen a badger within the city until she found…
Why more spiders will be crawling into your home this autumn
A wet spring meant more bugs, and more bugs meant more spiders will be finding…
Record sockeye numbers returning to the Okanagan
Thousands of sockeye salmon released into Okanagan waters are making their way upstream to spawn…
Here are 7 tasty berries growing wild in the Okanagan
– This story was originally published July 15, 2020 The Okanagan Valley is well known…
Okanagan heritage farm using high-tech audio device to track and record birds
A Keremeos heritage farm is keeping track of birds that are visiting its site using…
It’s going to be a glorious season for morel mushrooms in the Okanagan
Wildfires may not be good for humans, but certain mushrooms thrive after the heat. Scott…
Similkameen beekeeper concerned about heat this summer
A Similkameen beekeeper, who lost hives this past fall due to flooding, is now looking…
Pacific herring spawn spectacle surfaces along West Coast
Ribbons of milky turquoise green water twist and swirl along the coast of the northern…
Hundreds of thousands of ‘problem’ caterpillars disappear from the North Okanagan
They appeared from nowhere in the hundreds of thousands a few years ago, but as…
UPDATE: Tsunami advisory cancelled for B.C. after volcano eruption in Tonga Islands
A tsunami advisory issued for B.C. due to a volcano eruption near the Tonga Islands…
Cougar stops at Vernon nature centre for late night drink
It’s unusual for a cougar to venture into the grasslands surrounding the Allan Brooks Nature…
Why there are more grasshoppers, leafhoppers than usual in Okanagan this summer
Grasshoppers and leafhoppers are both benefitting from the hot and dry summer of 2021 in…
Bear in the pool? Keep cool, says WildSafeBC
If you think temperatures above 30°C are hard to take as humans, spare a thought…
These wriggling green caterpillars call Riverside Park in Kamloops home
Kamloops residents may notice wriggling green caterpillars hanging from threads in Riverside Park as a…
Conservation officer warns Okanagan residents to avoid interactions with fawns
A Conservation Officer is asking Kelowna residents to avoid moving resting fawns because they can…
iN VIDEO: B.C. Wildlife Park warns residents of waking bears
The B.C. Wildlife Park is asking residents to be aware as bears wake from hibernation…
Kill a City of Kelowna tree and face hefty fines
With some trees in Kelowna being valued as high as $40,000 the city is looking…
Vernon gets $747K from province in effort to prevent flooding on BX Creek
Vernon is receiving $747,000 from the province to put towards flood mitigation work on BX…
Flock of swans spotted on Okanagan Lake
A group of Peachland residents were happy to see a flock of swans on Okanagan…
Rockslide on Pelmewash Parkway in Lake Country
A rockslide has closed the Pelmewash Parkway in Lake Country this afternoon. Pelmewash Parkway is…
Coyotes in southern Interior getting early start on mating season thanks to mild weather
A recent rash social media reports about coyote encounters in the Thompson-Okanagan may be related…
iN PHOTOS: North Okanagan bird count sees numbers fall
The annual North Okanagan Naturalists’ Club swan and eagle count have reported a significant drop…