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Recycling Ambassadors are back
Posted on Friday, November 05, 2021 10:18 AM
Are you putting the right things in your recycling cart? Do you know which items are depot only recyclables? As part of the Regional Waste Reduction Office ongoing recycling education campaign, Recycling Ambassadors are back on the streets this fall checking what’s going into residential recycling carts.
Engineering Manager Travis Kendel says the Recycling Ambassador program, now well into its third season, has been extremely effective in helping residents to recycle right. “Through the remainder...
New RDCO Chair elected
Posted on Thursday, November 04, 2021 02:41 PM
Regional District of Central Okanagan Board Directors have elected a new chairperson.
Following a secret ballot vote at today’s Regional Board annual inaugural meeting, Director Loyal Wooldridge was named to succeed Gail Given who served as chair for seven years from December 2014 to November 2021.
Wooldridge was appointed to the Regional Board in the fall of 2018, the same year he was first elected to Kelowna City Council. Wooldridge is well-known in the local business community and passionately...
Regional Board meeting highlights - Nov. 4
Posted on Thursday, November 04, 2021 01:59 PM
At the Inaugural meeting of the Regional District Board, Kelowna Councillor Loyal Wooldridge was elected as Chair by Directors. West Kelowna Mayor Gord Milsom was acclaimed as Vice-Chair serving for a fourth year.
Past Chair Gail Given was recognized with a certificate for her seven years of leadership to the region from Kelowna-Lake Country MP Tracy Gray.
The Regional District Board consists of 13 voting members representing the Central Okanagan East and Central Okanagan...
Prevent CO in your home or RV
Posted on Monday, November 01, 2021 12:06 PM
British Columbia’s annual Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week is underway and the Regional District of Central Okanagan paid-on-call fire departments remind you to prevent carbon monoxide (CO) build up in your home by properly maintaining all fuel-burning appliances and installing CO alarms.
Fire Services manager Ross Kotscherofski says “We saw several tragedies earlier this year in the province due to carbon monoxide poisoning. These deaths are entirely preventable, and we want to make sure everyone...
Fall 2021 Yard Waste Ends
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2021 03:03 PM
A reminder that fall yard waste collection continues until the end of December so there’s still lots of time to take advantage of the good weather and get your yard cleaned up before winter.
Bi-weekly fall yard waste pickup ends Friday December 31. That’s the last day in the Central Okanagan for the curbside yard waste pickup program until collection resumes March 1, 2022.
Waste Reduction Facilitator Rae Stewart with the Regional District says there are a few things to keep in mind when loading...
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