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Global Okanagan News at 5: June 28, 2024BC’s Minister of Health announces new long term care project for Kelowna, WestJet mechanics go on strike, and the IIO is investigating a police incident in Lavington.Jun 28
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North Okanagan company building fire-resistant homesAfter coming off of the worst wildfire seasons on record in Canada, where hundreds of structures were lost, a modular home manufacturer out of Lavington is building homes that are fire resistant, and they only take about six weeks to be completed. Jayden Wasney reports.CanadaOct 25, 2023
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Air Quality Advisory issued for LavingtonHigh levels of fine particulate matter in the air have triggered an Air Quality Advisory in Lavington. Air quality has long been a contentious issue in the area.Global News at 11 OkanaganJan 6, 2017
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Fires helped create air quality problem in Lavington: provinceIn early January high levels of fine particulate matter in the air triggered an air quality advisory in Lavington. Cold temperatures were keeping air stagnant and stopping typical every day emissions from dissipating as quickly as they normally would, but the Ministry of Environment said there was also some unusual fire activity that may have...Global News at 11 OkanaganJan 23, 2017
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Okanagan contractor under scrutiny againReaction now to a story we first brought to you involving an Enderby woman who says she can no longer live in her home because of a dispute with the contractor she hired. Since airing the story, another Okanagan resident has come forward, saying she hired the same company and had to go to court...May 23, 2019
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Police find bodies of 5 people shot to death in rural Texas homeAuthorities are investigating a scene about 70 miles northeast of Houston, Texas where they say five people were found shot to death. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said they responded to a call Monday morning in Livington, Texas about victims of assault. When Texas Highway Patrol troopers and deputies arrived, they say they found multiple...WorldFeb 11, 2019
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Daycare construction in Lavington park proves controversialWhile the creation of more daycare spaces is good news for those Okanagan parents who struggle to find childcare, the construction of one new daycare centre in a North Okanagan park is generating a lot of controversy. Critics of the project’s location say residents weren’t consulted. Those opposed to the location worry the area, near...Aug 18, 2020
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Wind-driven flames send fire into fields near LavingtonA set of slash fires in an old Lavington orchard were whipped up by high winds on Thursday morning. Fire crews said the grass fire grew to about half a hectare before being extinguished.FireApr 15, 2021
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Controversial pellet plant opens in LavingtonDespite opposition from some residents, a pellet plant in Lavington is now up and running.Sep 28, 2015
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Hundreds of dogs come to Lavington Community ParkMore than 300 dogs came to Lavington Community Park with their owners to strut their stuff during the annual Vernon and District Kennel Club Dog Show.Global News at 11 OkanaganJul 7, 2019
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RDNO urges Tolko to reconsider logging plans near water-intake systemThe water-intake system, located in Lavington, is responsible for delivering clean water to over 40,000 residents in the Greater Vernon area, according to the RDNO.Apr 23, 2021
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Teenager electrocuted after her phone falls into the bathtubA 14-year-old girl from Lubbock, Texas died early Sunday morning after being electrocuted in a bathtub. Her family says Madison Coe was in the bathtub and grabbed her phone that was plugged into a charger in a bathroom outlet. It happened at her father’s house in Lovington, New Mexico.TechJul 12, 2017
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One man dead, another injured in Okanagan break and enterOne person is dead and another is in custody following a bizarre series of events that started in Lavington and ended in Vernon. RCMP say the events began to unfold early this morning when they were responding to a violent break and enter and ended with a dead person in a Vernon parking lot. As...Feb 8, 2019
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Lumby to have all natural gas service restored by Saturday eveningAround 1,200 residents in the Lumby area don’t have natural gas. This comes after a car crash Thursday morning severed the main line in Lavington. A motor vehicle struck a high-pressure natural gas line on Highway 6, disrupting natural gas service around 9am.Nov 21, 2014
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Future of former Lavington glass plant becomes clearRestoration Lands Inc. has acquired the Former Consumers Glass Property in Lavington. The company, which was created by Vernon residents Michael and Sharon Molnar, paid less than the asking price of $5-million for the plant.Global News at 5 OkanaganOct 5, 2016