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Letters to the Editor

4960 Trepanier Rd unserviced campground

April 22, 2023

UPDATE: Thanks to all the submissions against this development, the proponent withdrew their application. Huge thanks for the efforts of PWPA members and all Peachland water defenders who wrote to …

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PWPA Member and Co-founder Joe Klein writes to Editor

November 12, 2022

Letter to the Editor Dec.1, 2022Dear Editor, Re: When it comes to water, we are already on the same page. After an inspiring AGM of the Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance, …

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Who Speaks for Peachland’s Watershed?

April 1, 2022

Published in the Peachland View, April 1, 2022 Do you know who owns Peachland’s water? Who is responsible for Peachland’s water, who should be? What authority do local indigenous people …

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Watershed Security Fund

March 4, 2022

by Taryn Skalbania Peachland residents, Syilx people and water leaders are encouraged the provincial government has acknowledged many communities in B.C. face a water crisis, made worse by a changing …

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Consider the Source

March 4, 2022

Whether discussion is about water conservation, water rates, or the new water treatment plant, these discussions all assume that there IS water to manage. These “end of pipe” issues obscure …

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PWPA Responds to OBWB press release on lake level management/flood mitigation

March 11, 2021

On March  the Okanagan Basin Water Board issued a press release commenting on the need to rethink the management of lake levels in Okanagan Lake, to mitigate the risk of …

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From Poetry to Propaganda: Tall Tales Loggers Tell

August 25, 2020

PWPA submitted a letter to the editor of the Peachland View, discussing clear-cuts as a cause of the recent floods in the Okanagan Valley, and specifically in Peachland. (This letter …

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