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‘Brothers’ in the air fly from Kamloops to douse wildfires from the sky
The pilots who water bomb wildfires in the Kamloops region have formed a tight bond…
Leaked TC Energy recording prompts BC to probe claims of outsized lobbying influence on government
B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma has asked a provincial watchdog to look into a series…
Shuswap school district fined $3,000 over repeated water sampling failure
The North Okanagan Shuswap school district has been fined $3,040 for multiple failures in submitting…
Unsurprisingly, goose poop still a massive problem on Okanagan beaches
Tip-toeing through the goose feces littering the grass at Vernon's Kin Beach on Okanagan Lake…
AS THE WORLD BURNS: The art and science of responding to BC wildfires
When dark thunderclouds build behind Dzilh Yez (Hudson Bay Mountain) in Smithers, B.C., local weather…
Opposition to northern BC pipeline intensifies as construction begins
Tribal protectors representing members of four Nisg_a’a villages set up a blockade early Monday morning…
South Okanagan bird observatory back in the banding business after brief hiatus
Last year was the first time in 20 years a South Okanagan bird observatory wasn’t…
Lone chinook salmon makes ‘milestone’ return home to Okanagan Lake
For the first time in known recent history, a lone adult Okanagan summer chinook salmon…
Kettle River forestry investigation raises concerns about logging in watersheds
A recent investigation into logging practices in the Kettle River Watershed highlighted the fact that…
Lytton wildfire sparked an ongoing food crisis in the region
Three years after a wildfire destroyed Lytton, the disaster has left a lingering gap in…
Meet Doug the beaver the watershed recovery engineer working near Kamloops
At the heart of Skeetchestn territory is the Deadman Watershed, a living landscape of roughly…
UN manifesto pitches preservation of critical microscopic creatures
Plankton, the key ingredient of the primordial ocean soup that allows all life to flourish,…
Goats, not glyphosate: Critics see alternatives to Coastal GasLink’s herbicide plans
Backpacks full of chemical herbicides or goats and wildflowers? As TC Energy prepares its plans…
Canada’s concern about illegal shark finning by fishing fleets in the North Pacific surging
A cruel, wasteful and illegal practice called shark finning is occurring — over and over…
New catch-and-release guidelines in BC will buoy up salmon survival
Sport fishers and scientists are launching a bid to improve salmon survival by changing recommended…
Feds decision over ridge mussel’s status spurs Okanagan water board into action
The Okanagan Basin Water Board has renewed its appeal to the province asking for it…
‘Very small’ earthquake shakes Lumby in North Okanagan
LUMBY – People in Lumby felt the earth move Saturday night as a very small…
The shy, the venomous, and the mythical: 6 spiders of the Thompson-Okanagan
They generally mind their own business, spend their time munching down on garden pests and…
North Okanagan pushes forward with plastic bag ban
NORTH OKANAGAN – The Regional District North Okanagan has given the green light to its…
Opponents say proposed Vernon development could threaten at-risk herons
VERNON – An online petition has received over 1,000 signatures objecting to proposed housing development…
Kin Beach on Okanagan Lake in Vernon closed to swimmers
VERNON – Swimmers are advised to stay out of the water at Kin Beach on…
7,000 Canadians have had their say about the Green New Deal
The initial results are in from the 150-plus Green New Deal town halls that took…
Fire prevention program logs 75% of forested area above Peachland
PEACHLAND – A forested area above Peachland was recently thinned by around 75 per cent…
Province should make exemption to milfoil rototilling ban to fight invasive species: report
A new Parliamentary committee report suggests that an exemption should be put in place to…