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Gravel Roads Very Icy - Caution Advised

Township of Spallumcheen is encouraging residents travelling on gravel roads to use caution. “We are experiencing extremely slick conditions on our gravel roads from the combination of compacted snow and overnight rain,” advises Manger of Operations Tyler McNeill.

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Small-flock poultry owners encouraged to register for final avian flu session

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food is holding a final virtual information session tomorrow for B.C. small-flock poultry owners. As the cases of avian influenza continue to increase in British Columbia, the virtual session will focus on how owners can protect their flocks and how to prepare for if their birds become sick. The session is being led by B.C. government veterinary specialists. Attendees will learn about: improving flock or farm biosecurity to reinforce against disease...

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Fall is FireSmart Season

FireSmarting your property may feel like a spring cleaning kind of thing, but the truth is the best time to do it is in the fall and winter—and spring, too, of course. There are plenty of bigger projects and renovations that you can do to improve your property's wildfire resiliency when fire isn't an immediate threat. And the FireSmart BC Homeowner's Manual is your number one resource to get ahead of whatever situations next season may bring. Fire Smart BC Homeowner Manual

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North Okanagan Wastewater Recovery Project Ground-breaking

The North Okanagan Wastewater Recovery partnership, which will bring a community sewer system to North Okanagan residents, broke ground on the future wastewater treatment plant site at 10:00 a.m. on October 18th, 2022 at 85 L&A Cross Road in the Township of Spallumcheen. The groundbreaking ceremony featured key partners from the Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO), Township of Spallumcheen and Okanagan Indian Band (OKIB) and celebrated the shift in focus from planning to construction.

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Change of Service for Armstrong Bottle Depot

Recycle BC has advised that the Armstrong Bottle Depot will no longer be accepting Recycle BC program materials which includes mixed paper, cardboard, and mixed containers  such as plastics and metal cans.  If you used to take this material to the Armstrong Bottle Depot, Recycle BC in encouraging you to use curbside pick up or facilities in Vernon to continue to recycle these materials:  Venture Training Recycling Centre  4240-A Alexis Park Dr, Vernon ...

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Back Enderby Road Project Phase 2

The upcoming improvements will include reclaiming the existing asphalt and base, the addition of a granular base to improve road longevity, new asphalt and shouldering. Improvements to the drainage ditches and accesses will also be completed as part of this work.

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Our Heartfelt Condolences

On behalf of Township of Spallumcheen Council I would like to express our heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of the truck drivers that lost their lives yesterday in the horrible accident on Highway 1 near Golden. Our thoughts and condolences are also with the entire Team BC Dairy 4H members who lost their calves, equipment, and luggage in this awful situation and all the dairy farmers that lost animals. Many of the young 4H members on Team BC reside here locally and would have...

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Agriculture innovations help fight climate change, protect food security

B.C. companies continue to develop and adopt agritech to create new products and farming processes that will help farmers mitigate the impacts of climate change and boost the province’s food security and food economy.   The governments of Canada and B.C. are supporting 10 new projects with more than $1 million through the Canada-British Columbia Agri-Innovation Program to help fight climate change, address labour shortages, increase profitability and increase adoption of...

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Interior Health - Healthy Communities Newsletter August

  This month's newsletter has a strong focus on extreme heat. Check out the August newsletter here. 

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Interior Health heat warning guidance

Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued heat warnings across Interior Health this week, with temperatures expected to soar as high as 40 degrees in a number of communities. With elevated temperatures, the risk of heat-related illness increases. The BC Centre of Disease Control provides a broad range of heat-related guidance on its website , including information on the different types of heat alerts, how to prepare for hot temperatures, symptoms of heat-related illnesses, those most...

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