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Archives for May 2015
No fear approach
Smoking has been banned completely everywhere at Whistler Blackcomb marking World No Tobacco Day. The ban will include: lift lines, chairlifts, gondolas, ski runs, hiking trails, valley base areas, parking lots, bike park trails and all Whistler Blackcomb bar and restaurant locations, including patios, said a statement. “We have made the decision…to preserve the pristine alpine […]
Snowpack – Okanagan 57% of normal – drought plans being worked on
B.C.’s average snowpack measurements are at their lowest level in the 31 years that records have been kept, the B.C. Rivers Forecast Centre says. The centre’s May update shows the South Coast basin at just 12 per cent of normal. “The average of all provincial snow water equivalent measurements for May 1st is 69 per […]
Change at the ALC
Richard Bullock, the now former chair of B.C.’s Agricultural Land Commission, alleges he was fired by the province because they wanted him out of the way while they implement changes to how agricultural land is preserved. The government announced in a news release on Thursday that former Saanich mayor Frank Leonard has been appointed as […]
Cawston firm receives grant for earwig tests on orchard pests
CAWSTON – Cawston Cold Storage has received a grant of $140,160 in joint funding from the provincial and federal governments through the Canada-B.C. Agri-Innovation Program. The funding will allow Cawston Cold Storage to test the potential of using earwigs as biological control for several apple-orchard insect pests including the rosy apple aphid, leafrollers, budmoth and […]
Down the aisle
Do you speed ? I mean are you aggressive ?
Since March 1st Kelowna RCMP have conducted speed enforcement along the Highway 97 corridor north to Vernon. The primary purpose of this enforcement was to target aggressive drivers that are travelling more than forty (40) kms. per hour over the posted speed limit. In the last two months, Kelowna IRSU has impounded 53 vehicles for […]
Long weekend – what’s on
Send me info now on events and you get on the front page exception: no yard and garage sales – please put in events/classifieds info@ODNews.ca *** Tables Still Available for Last Minute booking Air Cadet Spring Fling Crafts and Everything Sale Sat May 16th 9am to 3pm Air Cadet Hangar – 5856 Cessna St. (Far […]