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FireSmart rebates available

Taking recommended FireSmart actions could earn Central Okanagan electoral area property owners a rebate for their efforts.

The FireSmart program is available for property owners in communities and neighbourhoods in the Central Okanagan East and Central Okanagan West electoral areas.

To get started, visit the program webpage:  rdco.com/firesmart.  Schedule an appointment with the RDCO FireSmart coordinator. They will provide a personalized property assessment with recommended actions that...

Mosquito Control catch basin treatments

The second round of catch basin mosquito control hits many Central Okanagan neighbourhoods next week.

Weather permitting from Monday, July 25 through Friday, July 29, Regional District Mosquito Control program crew wearing high visibility vests will be driving scooters or vehicles with Mosquito Control signage, dropping water soluble pouches containing an environmentally approved mosquito larvicide into the roadside catch basins.

Approximately 12,000 roadside catch basins will be treated as part...

KGH to get new ORs

People in the Interior will soon see an increase in surgical capacity as Interior Health adds five new operating rooms (OR): two at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) and three at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) in Kamloops, along with increased supports for staff.

“We have made tremendous progress towards rescheduling and completing surgical procedures postponed in the Interior due to the COVID-19 pandemic, environmental emergencies and staff redeployments,” said Adrian Dix, Minister of Health. “This investment...

Swimming Advisory lifted at Reiswig Regional Park

A Swimming/Beach Water Quality Advisory in place since July 4 has been removed for Reiswig Regional Park on Wood Lake in Lake Country.

The most recent bacterial water test results are again within acceptable Guidelines for Canadian Recreational Water Quality allowing swimming at the waterfront park.

Each summer, Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) staff collect water samples from a number of regional beaches for Interior Health to test and analyze.

Beach water quality can fluctuate due to...

Greenway update and Glen Canyon closure

A section of the Mission Creek Greenway recreational trail is open once again for visitors.

RDCO parks staff have completed some trail flood-damage erosion repairs and realignment between the Peck Road entrance upstream to the Hollywood Road parking area and entrance to Scenic Canyon Regional Park.

This spring’s freshet left behind several major trail washouts and impacted rip-rap protection near the structures of the Friends, Cedar and Smoothing Stone bridges and will require more extensive repairs. ...