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Penticton considering new bylaw to enforce ‘public nuisance’ at bus stops, drive-thrus

If passed, bylaws officers would have more authority to enforce disorderly conduct in public spaces

 

Two Vernon women continue to call for the Regional District of North Okanagan to step up its presence for dog patrols at on-leash parks. (Jules Le Roux-Meyer photo)

Vernon women conduct own dog park patrol

Pair unhappy with what they claim is regional district’s lack of presence in on-leash parks

 

Sicamous council is moving forward with a bylaw amendment to prohibit illicit drug use in public parks as a reaction to the lack of legislation that came with B.C.’s decriminalization policy. (File photo)

Sicamous council moving to prohibit use of illicit drugs in parks

Interior Health urges council not to proceed without discussion

 

Gary and Arlene Hennessy are frustrated by upcoming changes to a cemetery bylaw that restrict the sorts of items that can be placed on plots in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Vernon residents vexed by new cemetery rules

The rules prohibit placing trinkets on grave sites and restrict when artificial flowers can be placed

Gary and Arlene Hennessy are frustrated by upcoming changes to a cemetery bylaw that restrict the sorts of items that can be placed on plots in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
In this photo provided by Prem Pariyar, a Dalit Hindu from Nepal, he works on a banner at a People’s Summit for Democracy event in Los Angeles in June 2022. He moved to the U.S. in 2015, but says he couldn’t escape stereotyping and discrimination because of his caste-identifying last name, even as he tried to make a new life thousands of miles away from home. (Courtesy of Prem Pariyar)

Seattle considers historic law barring caste discrimination

If passed Tuesday, the law will become a first in the U.S.

In this photo provided by Prem Pariyar, a Dalit Hindu from Nepal, he works on a banner at a People’s Summit for Democracy event in Los Angeles in June 2022. He moved to the U.S. in 2015, but says he couldn’t escape stereotyping and discrimination because of his caste-identifying last name, even as he tried to make a new life thousands of miles away from home. (Courtesy of Prem Pariyar)
Decriminalized drugs pose a concern in Sicamous and other municipalities as the new policy doesn’t come with legislation regarding drug use in public places. (Black Press file photo)

Sicamous council and police concerned over lack of legislation in drug decriminalization

‘This could be a code red’: Inability for police to remove drug users from public places a problem

Decriminalized drugs pose a concern in Sicamous and other municipalities as the new policy doesn’t come with legislation regarding drug use in public places. (Black Press file photo)
Revelstoke City Hall. (Liam Harrap/Revelstoke Review)

‘We are powerless right now’: Revelstoke looks at new method to enforce short term rental bylaws

The new method could help enforce issues with short term rentals

Revelstoke City Hall. (Liam Harrap/Revelstoke Review)
Sicamous council adopted Zoning Bylaw 1000, allowing for more short-term rentals in zones across the district. (File photo)

District of Sicamous adopts new zoning bylaw regulating short-term rentals

Business licensing will be used to enforce rules

Sicamous council adopted Zoning Bylaw 1000, allowing for more short-term rentals in zones across the district. (File photo)
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Thief steals Kelowna bylaw vehicle, busted by off-duty Mountie

The constable witnessed a bylaw officer running after the vehicle in the downtown area

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Eli Gagne holds up his phone on Aug. 12, 2021 with a photo of his miniature pot-bellied pig Hamson who had to be re-homed as Fraser Valley Regional District bylaws do not permit livestock as pets within a residence or on real property. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Pigs as pets: B.C. man starts petition following death of illegal pet pig Hamson

Eli Gagne wants to change FVRD bylaw after pet pig was re-homed and died 4 hours later

Eli Gagne holds up his phone on Aug. 12, 2021 with a photo of his miniature pot-bellied pig Hamson who had to be re-homed as Fraser Valley Regional District bylaws do not permit livestock as pets within a residence or on real property. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)
A Vernon resident has been fined after being caught contravening the fire ban and its rules currently in place in the city. (File photo)

Contravening fire ban nets Vernon resident fine

Bylaw officer spots fire in oil drum ring on Okanagan Landing Road property; fire crews extinguish it

A Vernon resident has been fined after being caught contravening the fire ban and its rules currently in place in the city. (File photo)
Nanaimo city council, at a meeting this week, voted to repeal a bylaw relating to public morals which prevented people from making use of any “profane, obscene, blasphemous or grossly insulting language.” (City of Nanaimo image)

B.C. city repeals 130-year-old bylaw banning drunken singing

City of Nanaimo retains bylaw banning nuclear weapons, but takes several other bylaws off the books

Nanaimo city council, at a meeting this week, voted to repeal a bylaw relating to public morals which prevented people from making use of any “profane, obscene, blasphemous or grossly insulting language.” (City of Nanaimo image)
Single-use plastic bag ban to return to Salmon Arm on July 1, 2022. (Canadian Press photo/Paul Chaisson)

Single-use plastic bag ban to soon return to Salmon Arm

City of Salmon Arm reminds residents, businesses that checkout bag bylaw comes into effect July 1

Single-use plastic bag ban to return to Salmon Arm on July 1, 2022. (Canadian Press photo/Paul Chaisson)
A Salmon Arm resident asked city council in May to institute a ban on unsolicited deliveries after receiving from a church an unwanted bag of plastic-wrapped pamphlets at her front door which ended up in the recycling bin. (File photo)

Unwanted delivery on doorknob in Salmon Arm spurs request for no-soliciting bylaw

Resident dismayed with package of religious pamphlets in plastic that end up in recycling

A Salmon Arm resident asked city council in May to institute a ban on unsolicited deliveries after receiving from a church an unwanted bag of plastic-wrapped pamphlets at her front door which ended up in the recycling bin. (File photo)
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Old rules, new signs, never-ending complaints for North Okanagan Rail Trail

RDNO bylaw no. 2834 banning class 2 and 3 e-bikes was adopted in July 2021

  • May 11, 2022
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A petition, with hundreds of signatures, wants to see those violating Victoria’s noise bylaw at convoy events get ticketed. Pictured are vehicles driving through downtown on route to the B.C. legislature for a demonstration against pandemic health measures. (Black Press Media file photo)

Petition calls for B.C. capital to enforce noise bylaw on Freedom Convoy

More than 600 people sign online petition, which says constant honking affecting residents

A petition, with hundreds of signatures, wants to see those violating Victoria’s noise bylaw at convoy events get ticketed. Pictured are vehicles driving through downtown on route to the B.C. legislature for a demonstration against pandemic health measures. (Black Press Media file photo)
Surrey wedding, complete with full-sized ferris wheel, kept a lot of residents up last night. (Facebook image)

Raucous ferris-wheel wedding awakens residents’ ire in Surrey

RCMP says city bylaws officers will be paying newlyweds a visit today

Surrey wedding, complete with full-sized ferris wheel, kept a lot of residents up last night. (Facebook image)
Eli Gagne holds up his phone with a photo of his miniature pot-bellied pig Hamson who had to be re-homed recently as Fraser Valley Regional District bylaws do not permit livestock as pets within a residence or on real property. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

‘Like having a small child’: Illegal pet pig in Chilliwack dies hours after being re-homed

Owner aims to change bylaw following death of miniature pot-bellied pig Hamson

Eli Gagne holds up his phone with a photo of his miniature pot-bellied pig Hamson who had to be re-homed recently as Fraser Valley Regional District bylaws do not permit livestock as pets within a residence or on real property. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
A Falkland man will present a 600+ signature petition to the Columbia Shuswap Regional District board Thursday, May 20, opposing dog control in Electoral Area D, which includes Falkland, Silver Creek, Salmon Valley and Ranchero/Deep Creek. (File photo)

600-plus sign Falkland man’s petition against dog control

Similar bylaw rejected by 200 public hearing attendees when topic came up 9 years ago

A Falkland man will present a 600+ signature petition to the Columbia Shuswap Regional District board Thursday, May 20, opposing dog control in Electoral Area D, which includes Falkland, Silver Creek, Salmon Valley and Ranchero/Deep Creek. (File photo)
On the first day of his retirement, April 12, 2021, Marcel Bedard, former Salmon Arm bylaw enforcement officer, looks over a scrapbook he created of his 24 years on the job. (Lachlan Labere - Salmon Arm Observer)

Salmon Arm bylaw officer parks his parking tickets after 24 years

Despite the insults that go with the job, Marcel Bedard enjoyed his work for the city

On the first day of his retirement, April 12, 2021, Marcel Bedard, former Salmon Arm bylaw enforcement officer, looks over a scrapbook he created of his 24 years on the job. (Lachlan Labere - Salmon Arm Observer)
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