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Still no drinkable tap water for Okanagan Falls’ residents

OKANAGAN FALLS - A boil water notice issued last week for Okanagan Falls residents won't be lifted because water samples continue to test positive for E. Coli. The bacteria was found during a routine water sampling last Thursday. Interior Health is asking for three consecutively clean samples of water from the Okanagan Falls Irrigation District...

Your help is needed to identify bullfrogs

PENTICTON - The Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship in partnership with the provincial government are looking for help locating bullfrog sites in the South Okanagan. The organization needs volunteer citizen scientists to help monitor bullfrogs over the next two weeks. Pond searches take place in July and a free Bullfrog Identification and Inventory Workshop will be held...

Second lift of radio telescope dish a success

PENTICTON - No dishes were damaged this morning as National Research Council engineers and staff transferred an 8.7 tonne telescope reflecter dish. The dish was brought to the South Okanagan conservatory in October via helicopter, but high pressure winds damaged the dish causing setbacks. Research engineer Gordon Lacy worked on getting the dish back to...

Observatory takes second run at installing new telescope reflector

PENTICTON —  After a failed first attempt, researches will try a second time to put in place a 200-square-metre telescope reflector for some serious star gazing. The National Research Council of Canada first tried to install the reflector — which looks similar to a satellite dish — in October, 2013, but heavy winds damaged it...