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          <title>‘We’re not against forestry’: Peachland mayor asks for pause on logging in watershed </title>
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          <description>Okanagan community asks for a ‘time out’ to examine the cumulative impacts of logging on water quality, but the provincial government says there’s no plan to stop</description>
          <dc:creator>Ben Parfitt</dc:creator>

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          <title>Muddied waters: how clearcut logging is driving a water crisis in B.C.’s interior</title>
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          <description>Community watersheds across the province were once off-limits to logging, but in recent decades that’s all changed. Now communities like Peachland face escalating costs as mudslides trigger boil-water advisories and the need for pricey water-treatment plants</description>
          <dc:creator>Ben Parfitt</dc:creator>

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          <title>‘It’s just starting’: Lightning storm sparks B.C. wildfire season</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 21:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
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          <description>Four blazes burning out of control in Okanagan</description>
          <dc:creator>Jake Sherman</dc:creator>

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          <title>The Mine Next Door Part 2: The Price of the Ajax Mine</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Elizabeth Hand</dc:creator>

          
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               Dianne Kerr               </category>
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               Kamloops               </category>
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               Quadra FNX Mining               </category>
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               Stop Ajax Mine               </category>
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