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HELSTON: Hundreds of bears die every year for this stupid reason
This goes out to anyone who’s left their garbage out and had a bear get into it; you might as well have put a bullet through its head. It sounds harsh, I know, but hundreds of bears across B.C. are killed by conservation officers every year because they’ve grown habituated to garbage. Sorry to break...
Hungry bears up and about looking for food in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Hibrenating black bears are waking up and they have one thing on their…
93-year-old Vernon woman spends two hours a day picking up garbage to ‘keep busy’
VERNON – If you’ve ever walked or biked along Bella Vista Road which hugs the…
Amount of litter in Shuswap River on the rise this summer
VERNON – Discarded beverage containers, bikes and abandoned tubes are creating an eyesore on the…
Here’s how many bears were killed in the North Okanagan this year, and why
VERNON – You may have heard the saying ‘a fed bear is a dead bear’…
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…
You won’t believe what Kelowna’s ‘Little Iraq’ looks like now
KELOWNA – A group of shooting enthusiasts gathered at a pull-off on the way to…
Vernon woman acknowledged for nearly 30 years of picking up litter
VERNON – A Vernon woman earned heartfelt applause this afternoon at city hall as she…
Reporting poachers, backwoods garbage dumpers made easy with B.C. Wildlife Federation phone app
KELOWNA – The B.C. Wildlife Federation has launched a UBC Okanagan-designed app that makes it…
City councillor thinks Vernon would support a curbside compost program
VERNON – Interest is growing for a city-wide composting program in Vernon. The idea is…
Relocating three North Okanagan grizzlies was ‘the last resort’
VERNON – Over the weekend, conservation officers tranquilized and relocated three grizzly bears — a…
Local outreach volunteer wants to ban grocery stores from throwing away food
KELOWNA – The head of an Okanagan outreach centre is trying to rally the public…
Why a Vernon business owner was fined for pushing cart, garbage to homeless shelter
VERNON – Vernon bylaw is clearing up some misconceptions about what it can and can’t…
12 tonnes of garbage, 9 tonnes of metal hauled from Peachland bush
PEACHLAND – The president of a local volunteer group had a frightening moment while helping…
City warns of garbage scam in West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA – If you received a notice from the City of West Kelowna saying…