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Salmon Arm resident John Crook included this photo with a letter to city council of the sight remaining after the trees next to his residence on 30th Avenue NE were removed. (Photo contributed)

Removal of 37 mature trees prompts letter to Salmon Arm council

Resident wants to see city adopt urban forest strategy that would see more trees preserved

 

Conservation officer Eric Tyukodi talked to Sicamous council about wildlife safety and bear aware enforcement at the district Committee of the Whole meeting Wednesday, May 10, 2023. (Caitlin Macdonald video still)

Bylaw changes, stricter enforcement advised for Sicamous to reduce risk of attracting bears

Conservation officer would like the same changes made in Salmon Arm

 

Bylaw officers are among a handful of exemptions of people who can legally fire a crossbow or bow and arrow inside corporate city boundaries, according to the City of Vernon’s firearms and weapons bylaw. (Black Press file photo)

Vernon takes aim at bow and arrow bylaw

City bylaw weapons exemptions comes under scrutiny; review ordered

 

Residents of Kelowna’s Tent City talk about what would help with cleanliness at the encampment. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Kelowna encampment ‘spring cleaning’ has residents asking for basic sanitation

Residents of Tent City need running water and showers to keep clean

Residents of Kelowna’s Tent City talk about what would help with cleanliness at the encampment. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
Sicamous’ Beach Park is one of the locations listed on the district’s amended parks bylaw, prohibiting the use of illicit drugs near children’s play areas. The amended bylaw was adopted at the April 12 council meeting. (Rebecca Willson/Eagle Valley News)

Sicamous bylaw prohibiting drug use in parks with play areas officially adopted

‘We are leaders among other municipalities’: Council prioritizes amendment before busy season

Sicamous’ Beach Park is one of the locations listed on the district’s amended parks bylaw, prohibiting the use of illicit drugs near children’s play areas. The amended bylaw was adopted at the April 12 council meeting. (Rebecca Willson/Eagle Valley News)
Sicamous council gave third reading to its amended bylaw prohibiting drug use in public parks at the March 22, 2023 council meeting. (File photo)

Sicamous parks with children’s play areas remain in proposed bylaw prohibiting drug use

Council will send new bylaw to health officer for approval, hears concerns from recovering addict

Sicamous council gave third reading to its amended bylaw prohibiting drug use in public parks at the March 22, 2023 council meeting. (File photo)
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Penticton considering new bylaw to enforce ‘public nuisance’ at bus stops, drive-thrus

If passed, bylaws officers would have more authority to enforce disorderly conduct in public spaces

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Two Vernon women continue to call for the Regional District of North Okanagan to step up its presence for dog patrols at on-leash parks. (Jules Le Roux-Meyer photo)

Vernon women conduct own dog park patrol

Pair unhappy with what they claim is regional district’s lack of presence in on-leash parks

Two Vernon women continue to call for the Regional District of North Okanagan to step up its presence for dog patrols at on-leash parks. (Jules Le Roux-Meyer photo)
Sicamous council is moving forward with a bylaw amendment to prohibit illicit drug use in public parks as a reaction to the lack of legislation that came with B.C.’s decriminalization policy. (File photo)

Sicamous council moving to prohibit use of illicit drugs in parks

Interior Health urges council not to proceed without discussion

Sicamous council is moving forward with a bylaw amendment to prohibit illicit drug use in public parks as a reaction to the lack of legislation that came with B.C.’s decriminalization policy. (File photo)
Vernon bylaw officers investigated a total of 5,727 files in 2022, up seven percent from the previous year, according to a report from Darren Lees, manager of Protective Services, dated Feb. 6, 2023. (File photo)

Vernon bylaw officers see 7 per cent uptick in complaints in 2022

Bylaw officers in Vernon investigated 5,727 files last year

Vernon bylaw officers investigated a total of 5,727 files in 2022, up seven percent from the previous year, according to a report from Darren Lees, manager of Protective Services, dated Feb. 6, 2023. (File photo)
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Vernon residents vexed by new cemetery rules

The rules prohibit placing trinkets on grave sites and restrict when artificial flowers can be placed

(Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
In this photo provided by Prem Pariyar, a Dalit Hindu from Nepal, he works on a banner at a People’s Summit for Democracy event in Los Angeles in June 2022. He moved to the U.S. in 2015, but says he couldn’t escape stereotyping and discrimination because of his caste-identifying last name, even as he tried to make a new life thousands of miles away from home. (Courtesy of Prem Pariyar)

Seattle considers historic law barring caste discrimination

If passed Tuesday, the law will become a first in the U.S.

In this photo provided by Prem Pariyar, a Dalit Hindu from Nepal, he works on a banner at a People’s Summit for Democracy event in Los Angeles in June 2022. He moved to the U.S. in 2015, but says he couldn’t escape stereotyping and discrimination because of his caste-identifying last name, even as he tried to make a new life thousands of miles away from home. (Courtesy of Prem Pariyar)
Revelstoke City Hall. (Liam Harrap/Revelstoke Review)

‘We are powerless right now’: Revelstoke looks at new method to enforce short term rental bylaws

The new method could help enforce issues with short term rentals

Revelstoke City Hall. (Liam Harrap/Revelstoke Review)
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Thief steals Kelowna bylaw vehice, busted by off-duty Mountie

The constable witnessed a bylaw officer running after the vehicle in the downtown area

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Eli Gagne holds up his phone on Aug. 12, 2021 with a photo of his miniature pot-bellied pig Hamson who had to be re-homed as Fraser Valley Regional District bylaws do not permit livestock as pets within a residence or on real property. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Pigs as pets: B.C. man starts petition following death of illegal pet pig Hamson

Eli Gagne wants to change FVRD bylaw after pet pig was re-homed and died 4 hours later

Eli Gagne holds up his phone on Aug. 12, 2021 with a photo of his miniature pot-bellied pig Hamson who had to be re-homed as Fraser Valley Regional District bylaws do not permit livestock as pets within a residence or on real property. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)
A Vernon resident has been fined after being caught contravening the fire ban and its rules currently in place in the city. (File photo)

Contravening fire ban nets Vernon resident fine

Bylaw officer spots fire in oil drum ring on Okanagan Landing Road property; fire crews extinguish it

A Vernon resident has been fined after being caught contravening the fire ban and its rules currently in place in the city. (File photo)
Nanaimo city council, at a meeting this week, voted to repeal a bylaw relating to public morals which prevented people from making use of any “profane, obscene, blasphemous or grossly insulting language.” (City of Nanaimo image)

B.C. city repeals 130-year-old bylaw banning drunken singing

City of Nanaimo retains bylaw banning nuclear weapons, but takes several other bylaws off the books

Nanaimo city council, at a meeting this week, voted to repeal a bylaw relating to public morals which prevented people from making use of any “profane, obscene, blasphemous or grossly insulting language.” (City of Nanaimo image)
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Old rules, new signs, never-ending complaints for North Okanagan Rail Trail

RDNO bylaw no. 2834 banning class 2 and 3 e-bikes was adopted in July 2021

  • May 11, 2022
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A petition, with hundreds of signatures, wants to see those violating Victoria’s noise bylaw at convoy events get ticketed. Pictured are vehicles driving through downtown on route to the B.C. legislature for a demonstration against pandemic health measures. (Black Press Media file photo)

Petition calls for B.C. capital to enforce noise bylaw on Freedom Convoy

More than 600 people sign online petition, which says constant honking affecting residents

A petition, with hundreds of signatures, wants to see those violating Victoria’s noise bylaw at convoy events get ticketed. Pictured are vehicles driving through downtown on route to the B.C. legislature for a demonstration against pandemic health measures. (Black Press Media file photo)
The District of Coldstream will look to address light pollution at its next council meeting Monday, Jan. 4, 2022. (Pixabay photo)

Coldstream staff look to address light pollution

Staff are recommending bylaw amendments following complaint from the public

The District of Coldstream will look to address light pollution at its next council meeting Monday, Jan. 4, 2022. (Pixabay photo)