Penticton Herald

1 day ago | pentictonherald.ca | Darlene Wroe

COBALT - Cobalt residents are not expected to notice any difference with the new recycling program underway in the town since the start of the month. At the town's April 1 meeting, town manager Steven Dalley outlined how recycling is now being managed in Cobalt. He told council that in 2021 the Ontario provincial government passed a new regulation that requires businesses that produce packaging must take responsibility for collection of packaging material which makes its way to homes.

6 days ago | pentictonherald.ca | Tony Gioventu

Dear Tony: I submit a request to the strata council of our apartment building for permission to install a split face air conditioner. During the summer season, the south facing unit is extremely hot and there is little ventilation. The strata council have denied my request because I am not the owner of the strata lot, but the owner of the strata lot is my uncle and I am a family member not a tenant. Am I required to have my uncle make the application and request for the alteration?

6 days ago | pentictonherald.ca | Ken Tapping

Nothing lasts forever, even galaxies, and maybe even universes. The James Webb Space Telescope has just observed the oldest dead galaxy, that is, one in which the birth of new stars has ceased. This galaxy, poetically named RUBIES-UDS-QG-z7, ceased producing stars a mere 700 million years after the Big Bang. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, formed some 13.6 billion years ago, that is, some 200 million years after the Big Bang, and is still vigorously forming new stars.

1 week ago | pentictonherald.ca | Patrick Penner

Port Moody is preparing to adopt a sweeping update to its tree protection bylaw, replacing the current legislation with a new set of rules aimed at preserving and expanding the city’s urban forest.  Council reviewed the proposed bylaw for the first time on Tuesday. The bylaw was presented by staff and consultants following three years of public engagement. It marks a significant shift in how the city will regulate tree removals and incentivizes preservation.

1 week ago | pentictonherald.ca | Patrick Penner

A Coquitlam family of three has successfully overturned a ruling which upheld their landlord’s eviction over a cigarette smoking dispute. On April 8, B.C. Supreme Court Justice John Harvey found the Residential Tenancy Branch’s (RTB) November 2023 decision to ratify a one-month eviction notice against Kurban Malik, Rashna Malik, and Sabrina Malik lacked sufficient legal grounding.