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RDNO guilty of not protecting water
by Carmen Weld - Central Okanagan - Story: 99241 Sep 25, 2013 / 3:51 pm Judge Mayland McKimm laid down an unprecedented verdict today (Wednesday) that found the Regional District....
No MLAs in Victoria means no changes to Water Act
The NDP environment critic is steaming mad changes to BC’s Water Act are on hold because legislature won’t sit this fall. Sara Norman, September 16, 2013 VANCOUVER (News 1130)....
Okanagan Regional Board Approves Sludge Deal with Penticton
Posted on August 6, 2013 The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and City of Penticton are extending an existing relationship of shared services and opportunity to include the....
World watching how B.C. wrestles with how to protect drinking water
BY DAN FUMANO, THE PROVINCE SEPTEMBER 1, 2013 As B.C. looks to update its century-old water laws, government sources and experts are looking outside the province for examples....
New report predicts hotter, drier Alberta as climate changes
Province's average temperature predicted to rise by up to 4 C by end of century BY BOB WEBER, CANADIAN PRESS AUGUST 27, 2013 EDMONTON — As climate change slowly....
Advocacy group wades into B.C. groundwater controversy
BY DAN FUMANO, THE PROVINCE AUGUST 16, 2013 Following a groundswell of public concern this week, a national citizen advocacy group launched a campaign Thursday to pressure the....
The ‘Wild West’ of groundwater: Billion-dollar Nestlé extracting B.C.’s drinking water for free
Nestlé Waters Canada takes 265 million litres a year of fresh water from a Fraser Valley well BY DAN FUMANO, THE PROVINCE AUGUST 14, 2013 The price of a....
Plenty of good, clean water in B.C.? 8 things you don’t know about our water
BY DAN FUMANO, THE PROVINCE, August 6,2013 Our water — it’s as valuable as any resource in B.C., vital to our economy, environment and health. But experts are....