Ministry of Environment

• Hazardous materials prompt evacuation in Lumby, B.C.

  When officers arrived, they cordoned off the area and as a precaution, a nearby residence and several businesses have been evacuated.

  Crime

  Apr 4
  
• Multiple Saskatchewan police agencies launch 2022 firearm amnesty program

  Police across the province are participating in this year's firearm amnesty program where residents are offered an opportunity to surrender unwanted guns.

  Canada

  Mar 21
  
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• Province to add 21 hectares to Okanagan Mountain Park

  The Ministry of Environment says legislation has been introduced to expand select parks and protected areas throughout the province.

  Environment

  Feb 10
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• B.C. First Nation raises concerns about scores of pig carcasses at compost facility

  The pig carcasses are from the Sumas area in the Fraser Valley, where flooding late last year killed thousands of farm animals.

  Canada

  Jan 19
• Saskatoon Wildlife Federation makes meat donation to Saskatoon Food Bank

  Members of the Saskatoon Wildlife Federation’s Hunt 4 Hunger program dropped off close to 600 pounds of ground venison to the Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre.

  Canada

  Dec 22, 2021
• Beauval, Sask. man fined $14,500 for breaching wildlife, fisheries laws

  A 36-year-old man from Beauval, Sask. has been fined $14,500 after pleading guilty to multiple wildlife and fisheries offences last month.

  Crime

  Dec 14, 2021
• Hamilton sends province plan to fix odour-causing biosolids facility

  The plant has been the subject of numerous public complaints sent to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation & Parks.

  Environment

  Nov 12, 2021
• Chemical spill at HVAC wholesaler contained: Kingston fire

  Kingston Fire and Rescue says a container carrying sodium hydroxide leaked while outside a local HVAC retailers. The spill is now contained.

  Canada

  Oct 19, 2021
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• Kelowna cougar sightings raise hackles but not much concern

  A cougar was sighted nocturnally several times on Lakeshore Road, Dickson Avenue, Abbott and Richter streets of the city of Kelowna over the past few nights.

  Canada

  Sep 6, 2021
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• Wildfire smoke: Air quality levels in Kelowna trend toward worst year ever

  'The fire season around Kelowna has been about as long as the 2017 fire season to date, but it has been smokier. Levels of smoke this year are more akin to the 2018 fire season.'

  Environment

  Aug 20, 2021