News Items tag as: North Okanagan Cougar

Conservation Service responds to North Okanagan cougar incident
May 05, 2017 - 10:00 AM

VERNON - Traps are set for a cougar that killed an alpaca yesterday in Vernon.
Cougar spotted in Coldstream; public not at risk
October 31, 2016 - 12:19 PM

VERNON - The B.C. Conservation Officer Service doesn't appear to be too worried about reports of a cougar in the Coldstream area early this morning, Oct. 31.
Cougar shot near elementary school
August 31, 2015 - 4:57 PM

LUMBY - A cougar was put down by the Conservation Service Monday morning in Lumby after it attacked livestock.
How a standoff between a horse, two dogs and cougar ended in Lumby
July 23, 2015 - 8:00 PM

LUMBY - It was a sight Lumby resident Tina Berg never expected: Her 1,300 pound horse practically nose-to-nose with a cougar.
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Chefs mourn for Okanagan's peaches but adapt to stone fruit wipeout
Chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson says that when it comes to a fat Okanagan peach, there are "endless possibilities" for a fruit that signifies summer. Maybe a salad? “They play so nicely together with nice blackcurrant leaf o

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

Prospective Kelowna homebuyers backed out of deal, ordered to pay over $300K
It was too late to back out when prospective homebuyers in Kelowna were refused a mortgage last year. The bank said the home wasn't worth the agreed upon $1.1 million and wouldn't lend the money. Although the bank appeared to be cor

Conservation Service responds to North Okanagan cougar incident