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Goats Peak Regional Park closed

Goats Peak Regional Park is closed until further notice after a cougar was recently reported in the park.

For their safety, Regional Parks Services staff and the BC Conservation Officer Service ask Central Okanagan residents to stay out of the 63-hectare park located off Highway 97 south in West Kelowna.

Conservation Officers investigated and identified increased cougar activity in the area. As a precaution, the park will remain closed. 

The park will reopen when Conservation Officers determine it...

Make your own compost

Here’s your chance to cut your garbage in half and boost your soil too! Do your yard a big favor this coming gardening season with a new backyard composter.

While quantities last, the annual Regional District of Central Okanagan online composter sale runs during March.

“Backyard composting is resourceful, easy, and rewarding!” says Waste Reduction facilitator Rae Stewart with the Regional District of Central Okanagan Waste Reduction Office. “There’s nothing like the satisfaction of making your...

Recycling contamination = financial penalties

Costly financial penalties are being imposed on some Central Okanagan local governments by Recycle BC.  And we’ll see more unless some residents improve their curbside recycling habits.

Recycling is contaminated when material that is not accepted for collection under Recycle BC guidelines ends up in the curbside recycling system. Waste audits conducted regularly by Recycle BC show contamination in the regions curbside recycling carts average around 8%, well above allowable levels of 3%.

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Regional Board meeting highlights - Feb. 23

New advisory committees

The Regional Board adopted the Terms of Reference for the new Environment and Climate Change committee.  It also updated the bylaw and Terms of Reference for the Central Okanagan Economic Development Advisory committee.

Disaster risk reduction grant application

The Regional Board supports a grant application to the Union of BC Municipalities Disaster Risk Reduction – Climate Adaptation fund.  If successful, the $150,000 grant would be used to create an integrated strategy...

Yard waste pick up returns March 1

It still may feel a little chilly for gardening season just yet, but it’s not too early to get your curbside yard waste cart ready for use!

Starting Wednesday, March 1, all residents receiving curbside garbage/recycling collection will also benefit from yard waste pick up every two weeks until the end of December.

Waste Reduction facilitator Rae Stewart says, “Now’s the time to check your yard waste cart, brush off any snow that’s accumulated and remove anything inside that does not belong and...