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Unexploded Explosive Ordnance
Military bomb squad called to unexploded ordnance in Kal Park
The Canadian military is expected to arrive in Kalamalka Provincial Park later today to deal…
Okanagan Indian Band still fighting for compensation over military explosives buried on reserve
VERNON – The Okanagan Indian Band is carrying on its legal fight in B.C. Supreme…
Developer getting more government cash for Vernon property used by National Defence
VERNON – A B.C. developer has received another payment from the federal government for a…
Explosives unit disposes of possible bomb found in Vernon park
VERNON – A possible bomb found in Vernon’s Marshall Field was blown up by RCMP…
Okanagan Indian Band sues government for neglecting to remove unexploded military bombs from reserve land
VERNON – The Okanagan Indian Band is taking the federal government to court over dangerous…
North Okanagan museum locked down after suspected live bomb found on display
ARMSTRONG – A museum in the North Okanagan was locked down earlier this month after…
Unexploded ordinance found during mop up of wildfire in Predator Ridge area near Vernon
VERNON – The City of Vernon is warning residents about unexploded ordinance after one was…
Artillery shell found in Sicamous ditch one of over a hundred found around B.C. every year
VERNON – National Defence made a rare visit to Sicamous earlier this week to pick…
Removing military explosives from Okanagan band land ‘not as simple as putting money at it’: DND
VERNON – The Department of National Defence is responding to criticism from a local First…
Why a private developer got $11M to remove bombs while the Okanagan Indian Band is still waiting
‘THE RICH GET RICHER AND THE FIRST NATIONS ARE LEFT IN THE AVENUES LAID OUT…
Okanagan Indian Band tired of waiting for Defence Department to clean up military explosives
VERNON – Military explosives left littered on their lands by the Department of National Defence…
Okanagan Indian Band members being taught how to dispose of dangerous military explosives
VERNON - Members of the Okanagan Indian band are training to clear unexploded military mortars left littered on their lands decades ago. Since the Boer War in 1906, the Department of National Defence used band land at Madeline Lake about 24 kilometres northwest of Vernon and Goose Lake to train soldiers in firing live mortars,...
The defence department borrowed land from the Okanagan Indian Band and left this behind
VERNON - The Madeline Lake range is a swath of sprawling meadow encircled by dense woods and stunning vistas of the North Okanagan. Bears and other wildlife roam the hillside overlooking the two grassy plateaus, located just off Highway 97 northwest of O’Keefe Ranch on the Okanagan Indian Band Reserve. The area is known to...