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News Items tag as: Invasive plants
You can help choose the name of the new Okanagan milfoil harvester
June 16, 2024 - 4:00 PM
A new machine for combating an invasive aquatic plant is coming to the Okanagan and there's a contest to name it.
What burns, blinds and grows 15 feet? The wicked weed to watch for in the Thompson-Okanagan
June 21, 2020 - 7:00 PM
Reports of giant hogweed are made in the Thompson-Okanagan region all the time. However, it's often a look-alike native plant, called cow parsnip.
Wondering what to do? Stop these pesky plants from invading your yard
April 14, 2020 - 6:30 AM
People been stuck at home for a while now, and may be running out of things to do.
Tackling this invasive plant is a thorny problem in the Okanagan
September 12, 2019 - 6:00 AM
PENTICTON - It’s a nasty plant to have to deal with if it invades your property, and there’s probably more of it around in the Okanagan than first suspected.
Illegal and improper dumping blamed for spread of invasive plants in the Shuswap
October 05, 2016 - 2:30 PM
SALMON ARM - If you thought it was a good idea to dump the contents of your latest weeding session in with the rest of your yard waste, think again.
New money to fight invasive plants in Thompson-Okanagan
April 17, 2015 - 4:30 PM
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The province is spending more than $1.7 million to help local governments and other organizations with the battle against unwanted plants damaging local ecosystems.
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Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of June 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjon
'Symbiotic relationship with nature': Vernon's 'first' winery quietly opens
Perched on top of the hillside with expansive views over Swan Lake, Vernon's only winery quietly opened its doors last week. The Perch Winery is a small family-run business featuring a "cozy" tasting room and plenty of outdoor
Kelowna woman loses legal fight with housing co-op over medical cannabis
A Kelowna woman who wanted to smoke medical marijuana in her unit has lost a legal battle against her housing cooperative. According to a June 26 BC Civil Resolution Tribunal decision, Natausha Couture argued the Okanagan Housing Cooperativ
BC landlady moved in with her tenant to avoid tenancy law
A BC tenant whose landlady moved in with them as a way to circumvent the Residential Tenancy Act will have another chance at getting compensation. According to a June 20 BC Supreme Court decision, Maggie Moon rented a converted garage from
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B.C. Review Board lets child killer Schoenborn keep eligibility for 28-day leave
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Kamloops RCMP say crime was down in all categories for the first quarter of the year. That's when compared
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