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This Okanagan city’s rapid growth means expensive fixes for sewage treatment down the road
With Kelowna being the fastest growing of Canada’s largest cities and with another 45,000 more…
Taxpayers to foot bill to remove dead cattle from Okanagan Lake
Taxpayers on are the hook to pull out 31 dead cattle from Okanagan Lake despite…
Vernon to discharge treated sewage into Okanagan Lake
The City of Vernon will be releasing treated sewage into Okanagan Lake. The treated water…
Cattle carcasses successfully removed from Okanagan Lake near Vernon
The salvage operation to pull dead cattle carcasses from Okanagan Lake near Vernon is now…
BC strata found negligent, ordered to pay $14,000 over leaky wall
A BC strata has been ordered to pay a resident $14,000 after it was found…
From drought to wildfire: Water challenges front and centre at Okanagan water board AGM
With drought drying up streams and lowering water levels in lakes and reservoirs across BC,…
Is 2024 the year Okanagan Lake floating bridge becomes a suspension bridge?
This is shaping up to be the driest year on record in terms and if…
Kelowna takes over another irrigation district
Six years after the City of Kelowna took over the South East Kelowna Irrigation District,…
Kelowna’s water dominance distant dream as irrigation districts stand firm on independence
It was more than a decade ago when the Kelowna Integrated Water Supply Plan was…
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…
Busted sewer line closes Vernon beaches on Okanagan Lake, again
For the second time this summer, some Vernon beaches have been closed due to a…
Report says housing could threaten Vernon drinking water and Kal Lake
A development proposal from a North Okanagan agricultural company could potentially decrease the drinking water…
Filmmaker hopes Okanagan mussel threat documentary will create ‘groundswell of public pressure’
VERNON - There may not be any zebra or quagga mussels in B.C. yet, but the threat is very real, and very urgent, says a Vernon man who spent months interviewing experts and visiting infested lakes and rivers in the U.S. All it would take is one contaminated boat getting across the border to destroy...
Vernon residents still fighting resort’s attempts to build a marina
VERNON - A controversial marina proposal on Okanagan Lake has resurfaced. The Outback Resort has once again applied for permission from the provincial government to build a 72-slip marina in South Bay near Ellison Provincial Park and that’s put a local community group on the defensive. The Friends of South Bay has been boycotting the marina...
Armstrong lifts stage two watering restrictions
ARMSTRONG - While the province remains under a level four drought rating, the City of Armstrong has decided to relax watering restrictions. The city implemented stage two restrictions earlier this month in response to the level four drought declaration, but believes they are no longer necessary. After monitoring the impact of stage two restrictions, the...