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HELSTON: Not everyone is motivated by money, and we’re all better for it
You’ve probably heard your grandpa say it in a nostalgic tone: ‘Land: They’re not making much of it anymore.’ You only have to look at this Google image time lapse from 1984 to 2012 to see how much green space in Vernon has been lost in the last 30 years alone. Sure, people need houses...
Petition calls for boating restrictions on Sugar Lake
LUMBY – Efforts to restrict boats on Sugar Lake and the Shuswap River have been…
Okanagan researchers want your bobcat and lynx photos
VERNON – Photos of bobcats and lynx are being sought as part of a university…
After last year’s chaos, admirers of Johnson Lake hope to prevent another ‘invasion’
JOHNSON LAKE – If you’re thinking of traveling to one of last year’s more popular…
Feral pigs still tracked as invasive species in B.C. despite few sightings
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Their numbers are small but feral pigs remain active throughout B.C.’s Interior and…
Possible spill in Shuswap Lake traced back to plywood plant glue room
VERNON – A plywood plant in Canoe has confirmed it was the source of a…
Lavington pellet plant yet another step closer to breaking ground
COLDSTREAM – A controversial wood pellet plant has made it over another procedural hurdle. In…
More delays for appeal hearing on Lavington pellet plant
LAVINGTON – An Environmental Appeal Board hearing concerning the Pinnacle Renewable Energy pellet plant in…
Hydrogeologists point to liquid manure as probable source of North Okanagan drinking water contamination
SPALLUMCHEEN – More voices are joining the call for a moratorium on a North Okanagan…
North Okanagan dairy farm believed to be contributing to high nitrate levels allowed to expand
VERNON – The Township of Spallumcheen has reluctantly given the green light to a local…
The ‘badger hotline’ and why Thompson-Okanagan residents are being asked to use it
AN ‘INCREDIBLY CUTE’ SPECIES WITH A BIG ATTITUDE AND A SHRINKING POPULATION THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – While…
Vernon called upon to join the Blue Dot movement
VERNON – Vernon is being urged to join more than 100 other municipalities in acknowledging…
Historic release of sockeye salmon fry in Okanagan Lake symbolizes a long journey
OKANAGAN – A ceremonial release of thousands of sockeye salmon fry at Six Mile Creek…
City of Kamloops emissions targets on right track, but in the slow lane
KAMLOOPS – The city’s greenhouse gas targets appear to be a little out of range,…
Elementary school students from Vernon convince city to stop mowing down pollinator plants
VERNON – They may be little, but a group of passionate Grade 4 students from…