Animals

Terror in the barnyard: a crazed tom turkey with sharp beak and a determination to use it

March 31, 2014 // 1 Comment

COLUMN — Jody and Dan Spark write each week about life on their small acreage at McLure. There’s nothing so frightening as a crazed tom turkey with a sharp beak and [Continue]

Cat overpopulation hits ‘crisis’ proportions

March 30, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — The cat overpopulation has reached crisis proportions, says the B.C. SPCA. “We have made significant progress in many areas of animal welfare in this province, [Continue]

Animal shelter and neighbours need to get together to work out barking dog problem

March 17, 2014 // 2 Comments

MONDAY MORNING EDITORIAL — There’s a saying that good fences make good neighbours but sometimes it takes a lot more than that. It’s also pretty generally accepted that [Continue]

This puppy bit off more than he could chew

March 12, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — Sometimes, having an appetite for adventure doesn’t go down so well. Rocky, a curious puppy, found that out the hard way. The two-and-a-half-month old Lab/pit [Continue]

Dogs seized from Clearwater ready to adopt

March 1, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — Many of the 16 dogs seized from a property in Clearwater earlier this month are now available for adoption at the Kelowna and Penticton B.C. SPCA branches. In [Continue]

Famed anthropologist Jane Goodall to speak

February 27, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — Internationally renowned anthropologist Jane Goodall will speak in Kamloops next month. Goodall’s presentation, part of the TRU Student Union’s Common Voices [Continue]