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Environment
Dispute over Lavington pellet plant settled in private meeting
LAVINGTON – After being delayed multiple times, an environmental appeal hearing over the Pinnacle Renewable…
Province to put fish-killing chemical into two Okanagan lakes to control invasive perch
OKANAGAN – Two lakes in the Central Okanagan are being closed for fishing so the…
Province explains die-off of more than 1,000 fish in Okanagan Lake
OKANAGAN – After getting lab results back, the province strongly believes a die-off of more…
Disclosed Hullcar aquifer documents reignite concerns among North Okanagan residents
VERNON – After combing through a series of documents released as part of an extensive…
Pilot project brings bear resistant garbage bin locks to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A pilot project in Kamloops aims to find out if there’s a way…
Greenway leading into Vernon not looking so green in places
VERNON – There’s concern the greenway just north of Vernon isn’t quite living up to…
Naturalist group fears road construction will ruin wetland trail in Vernon
VERNON – There’s concern that a road expansion project will destroy a popular walking trail.…
Traffic, policing costs and invasive mussels top priorities for Vernon council at government meetings
VERNON – Local politicians made sure issues around transportation and the environment were acknowledged at…
City may spend $200,000 to continue review of Ajax Mine proposal
KAMLOOPS – The review of the proposed Ajax Mine may cost the City of Kamloops…
Water samples from Shuswap spill sent to lab; health authority believes risk to be low
SHUSWAP – While health officials believe there is little risk to public safety, an advisory…
Province issues orders to several North Okanagan farms in light of high nitrate levels
SPALLUMCHEEN – Provincial authorities have issued orders to several farms in the Hullcar area believed…
Gallons, not ‘thousands of litres’, escaped into Shuswap Lake from plywood plant: Operations manager
SHUSWAP – The operations manager of a plywood plant where a spill of glue and…
Possible causes of poor air quality under investigation in Lavington
LAVINGTON – Environment officials are looking for possible causes of poor air quality in Lavington,…
Conservation officers come to aid of deer stranded on ice in Vernon
VERNON – Conservation officers in Vernon rescued a deer caught in a slippery situation yesterday.…
Lavington air quality update: Environment Canada gives all clear
UPDATE: 11:17 a.m. Jan. 7, 2017 Environment Canada has ended a special air quality statement…