B.C. farmer takes mushroom experiment to the woods of West Kootenay
A Kaslo, B.C., mushroom farmer has been given the green light to launch a project to cultivate oyster mushrooms on rotting logs and stumps along a popular trail.
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Posted: Apr 17, 2021 9:00 AM PT | Last Updated: April 17
Phoenix oyster mushrooms are shown growing on a block of Douglas fir sawdust. (Submitted by Robin Mercy)
Food-security group upset after city flattens community garden in Prince George
Catharine Kendall, vice-president of the Local Food PG Society, says the Milburn Community Garden was being used by residents in the VLA neighbourhood to grow food for their own use, and the city s actions were insensitive to those struggling with food security.
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Okanagan community sends support to woman, 29, hit by a car while walking home
Ashley Paxman has undergone multiple surgeries after being struck by a vehicle earlier in Februay. Residents from Lake Country in the Central Okanagan say they are praying for the 29-year-old.
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Posted: Feb 26, 2021 9:40 PM PT | Last Updated: February 27
Lake Country, B.C., resident Ashley Paxman, 29, was struck by a car while she was walking home from work along Highway 97 earlier this month. (Submitted by Tasha Meuser)
Residents of Lake Country, B.C., are rallying to support Ashley Paxman, a 29-year-old woman who was hit by a car while walking home from work earlier this month.
Kelowna RCMP pause Safe Place program after LGBT community complains it wasn t consulted
Kelowna RCMP has put its Safe Place program on hold just one day after launch, following complaints from local LGBTQ communities they weren t properly consulted.
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