Tag Archives: Environment
Williams Lake Emergency Operations Centre activated as water level increases at dam
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The City of Williams Lake announced it has activated its Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) at Level 1.In a news release Thursday (June 2), the City says the move comes in respons...
Jun 02, 2022
Go By Bike Week wants Kamloops commuters to trade their cars for pedal power
KAMLOOPS - In 1995, Bike to Work Week began in Victoria and drew around 500 participants who hoped to raise the profile of commuter cycling.Twenty-seven years later, the event has spread across B.C. a...
May 31, 2022
Heat wave could create peak flows like 1948 or 1972: BC River Forecast Centre
KAMLOOPS - Flood risk continues to increase in Kamloops and the overall Fraser River.According to the B.C. River Forecast Centre's (BCRFC) latest snow survey and water supply bulletin, there is a risk...
May 20, 2022
Morels growing on Sparks Lake wildfire grounds; permit needed to harvest on Secwépemc territory
SKEETCHESTN, B.C. - The Secwepemcul'ecw Restoration and Stewardship Society (SRSS) is reminding people about harvesting "understory" products - that is, products growing on the forest floor.As of May,...
May 17, 2022
Numerous backcountry roads in Thompson-Okanagan remain closed for wildfire recovery
KAMLOOPS - Backcountry road users are advised that the roads closed in October, 2021 across the Thompson-Okanagan region following 15 severe wildfires will remain closed.In a news release issued Tuesd...
Aaron Schulze May 17, 2022
North Thompson snowpack grows, spring flooding threat remains for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - High mountain snowpacks that feed the North Thompson river are continuing to increase according to the latest provincial data from May 1.According to the B.C. River Forecast Centre's (BCRFC...
May 10, 2022
District of Sicamous lifts evacuation alert for mobile home park
SICAMOUS, B.C. - The District of Sicamous lifted its evacuation alert for numerous properties in the Sicamous Creek Mobile Home Park.In an update Monday (May 9) morning, the Columbia Shuswap Regional ...
Aaron Schulze May 09, 2022
No landslide triggered, but threat remains for Sicamous Creek Mobile Home Park
SICAMOUS, B.C. - An evacuation alert remains in effect for 27 units in the Sicamous Creek Mobile Home Park.In an update Friday (May 6), the Columbia Shuswap Regional District says conditions in the Wi...
James Peters May 06, 2022
Whiskey Business: Is Scotch The Future Of Fuel?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! You may not often hear the words drinking and driving paired in a positive light, but that could change soon enough as a Scottish biofuel company makes hea...
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Apr 29, 2022
SD73 students train with BC Wildfire Service firefighters for Junior Fire Crew workshop
KAMLOOPS - Fighting wildfires is a tough, physically demanding job. Long days, little sleep and few comforts await those who choose to battle blazes that ignite in the vast tracts of forest that exist...
James Peters Apr 29, 2022
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