Tag Archives: Environment
Nanaimo's Reuse Rendezvous aims to bolster waste diversion
NANAIMO - Household items in need of a new home are up for grabs with the return of the popular Reuse Rendezvous event.Nanaimo residents are invited to place their usable goods outside their homes on ...
Aug 13, 2021
BC company provides Wildland Firefighter Training for men facing barriers to career success
KAMLOOPS - On a smoky Thursday near Logan Lake, this group of men are out learning how to run and maintain a brush saw. They're here as part of an eight-week Wildland Firefighting and Silviculture Pro...
Aug 12, 2021
Kamloops residents revel in fresh, smoke-free air (for now)
KAMLOOPS - For weeks, folks have been hoping for a glimpse of this - fluffy white clouds drifting lazily across the blue sky. "I'm just happy that it's clear skies," one person at Pioneer Park said wi...
Aug 11, 2021
Annual Perseids meteor shower lights up night sky
NANAIMO - The stars have aligned for unobstructed views of an annual meteor shower sending flashes of streaks through the overnight sky.VIU astronomy professor Dr. Gregory Arkos said the Perseids mete...
Aug 11, 2021
North and South Thompson basins one level down from severe drought
KAMLOOPS - British Columbia is currently in a drought and the province is reminding residents to conserve water supply - especially in the North and South Thompson basins, which are at Level Four. Tha...
Dave Barry Aug 10, 2021
White Rock Lake blaze displayed "Rank Four" wildfire activity according to BCWS initial report
KAMLOOPS - Insight into the BC Wildfire Service's (BCWS) first moments in response to the White Rock Lake wildfire was provided Tuesday (Aug. 10) afternoon.During an availability, Rick Manwaring - Dep...
Dave Barry Aug 10, 2021
Evacuation order rescinded for Falkland and area
KAMLOOPS - An evacuation order was partially rescinded by the Columbia Shuswap Regional District Monday afternoon (Aug. 9).Properties in Falkland and Area D that were impacted by the White Rock Lake w...
Aug 09, 2021
Evacuation order rescinded for 60 properties impacted by Sparks Lake wildfire
KAMLOOPS - Evacuation orders issued over a month ago (June 29 and 30, and July 4) have been downgraded to evacuation alerts.Late Saturday (Aug. 7), the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) partial...
Aaron Schulze Aug 08, 2021
Flat Lake wildfire: 100 Mile House lifts evacuation alert, Cariboo Regional District downgrades evacuation order
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The District of 100 Mile House lifted its evacuation alert related to the 60,739-hectare Flat Lake wildfire Saturday (Aug. 7) afternoon.In addition, the Cariboo Regional Distric...
Aaron Schulze Aug 07, 2021
TNRD partially rescinds evacuation alert to 142 properties impacted by July Mountain wildfire
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) partially rescinded an evacuation alert due to the July Mountain wildfire south of Merritt Saturday (Aug. 7) afternoon.The evacuation alert has ...
Aug 07, 2021
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