When wildfire flames were closing in, 90-year-old John Belleville was still at home. The Desert Cove resident, who lives with dementia, hadn’t evacuated as the fire rapidly approached. His daughter, Shiloh, who lives in Vancouver, soon realized her father had been left behind and began desperately calling anyone she thought might be able to help….
Researchers spent Tuesday waist-deep in streams close to Okanagan Falls, looking for one of many smallest indicators of river well being — mussels. Zoe Eyjolfson, Fluvial Geomorphologist, explains {that a} excessive mussel rely is a constructive indicator of water high quality as a result of mussels filter particles from the water. Cohan Sassaman “Mussels are…
Regardless of a decline within the severity of police-reported crime, many Kelowna, B.C., residents and enterprise house owners say they aren’t satisfied the town is changing into safer. Newly launched information from Statistics Canada’s annual Crime Severity Index present the amount and seriousness of police-reported crime within the Kelowna census metropolitan space fell 4.5 per…
The Okanagan’s water crisis didn’t begin with the scorching summer heat. It began months ago, high in the mountains, where winter failed to deliver enough snow. Now, the consequences are flowing downstream. The okanagan lake will not fluctuate much but the water downstream will be greatly effected. Cohan Sassaman The valley is entering its fourth…
Fortunate Carry dropped at the vet. Romany runnalls When a rescuer discovered a three-month-old pet wandering within the Oliver space, she hoped she had discovered her future canine. The tiny pet, later named Fortunate, was severely underweight and in tough situation, however his rescuer was decided to assist. She deliberate to take him residence, nurse…
