Local & Provincial Items (December)

Local

  1. Farmers’ Markets:
    Vernon:     Saturdays, 9 – 1, Divya Sutra Conference Centre, 27th Ave.
    Armstrong: Sat., 10 – 1 pm, Odd Fellows Hall (indoors).
    Armstrong Christmas Market: Dec 6th, Sat., 9-3 Hassen Arena.

  2. Summerland raises drought status to Level 4. Municipality announcement reporting escalating local water restrictions due to dry conditions. For more, go here.

  3. Province / federal attention on wildfire preparedness after 2025 season. B.C. government announces a national wildfire symposium and actions to improve readiness. For more, go here.

Provincial

  1. CleanBC review flags LNG expansion risks. An independent review praised emissions reductions but warned LNG projects could undermine B.C.’s climate targets. For more, go here.

  2. B.C. premier warns about lifting tanker ban. B.C. Premier David Eby says removing the oil-tanker ban on the North Coast to allow a proposed Alberta pipeline would jeopardize up to $60 billion in existing mines, energy and resource projects, many of which depend on the support of coastal First Nations. For more, go here.

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