Tag Archives: Environment
Weather warnings lifted for Coquihalla, Trans-Canada after Sunday snowstorms
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has lifted weather warnings on both the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt and the Trans-Canada Highway between Eagle and Rogers Pass.Both sections of highways s...
Mar 10, 2025
Prescribed burns at Rose Hill, Peterson Creek parks scheduled for March 5
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service will be moving ahead with a pair of prescribed burns as early as next Wednesday, March 5.In a statement, the BC Wildfire Service says the two burns - an eight hectar...
Feb 27, 2025
Community crowdfunding underway for conservation purchase in Juniper Ridge
KAMLOOPS - Community members who frequent nature parks and other walkable areas around Kamloops are putting out a call for donations. They're working with the BC Parks Foundation to purchase 517 acres...
Feb 19, 2025
Kamloops working on rebate program to incentivize FireSmart work
KAMLOOPS - There may soon be some financial incentives offered to Kamloops homeowners who complete FireSmart initiatives on their properties. The City of Kamloops is working on a pair of rebate progra...
Feb 14, 2025
BC Watershed Security Coalition keeping watchful eye on snowpack readings
KAMLOOPS - According to the first round of snowpack readings, the province began the winter season in a better place than last year, and there's hope for a trend to start forming, with the second snow...
Feb 10, 2025
District of Clearwater presses on with FireSmart efforts after topping AI-calculated wildfire risk list
CLEARWATER, B.C. - New data shared by AISIX Solutions, a data analytics company, that utilizes artificial intelligence, has identified Clearwater as having a higher likelihood of a wildfire compared t...
Jan 20, 2025
Proponents behind new Tk'emlups jet fuel plant promise to engage further with affected Kamloops residents
KAMLOOPS - The proponents behind a large-scale jet fuel plant on Tk'emlups te Secwpemc lands say there will be lots of engagement in the months ahead with Kamloops residents, who may be impacted eithe...
Dec 13, 2024
Xget'tem' Trail temporarily closed because of 'unforeseen challenges' with erosion repair work
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says it has had to close the Xget'tem' Trail that connects Upper Sahali to the downtown core until Dec. 22 because of unforeseen challenges with erosion repair work.It ...
Dec 07, 2024
Poor weather delays opening at Overlander Ski Club near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The Overlander Ski Club will not be opening for the season Friday (Dec. 6) as planned because of poor weather. The Nordic ski trails at Stake Lake, south of Kamloops, are "super sticky and ...
Dec 06, 2024
Information checkpoints in Farwell Canyon linked to Chilcotin landslide to come down 'soon'
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) says it will soon disband the information checkpoints that were put in place the inform residents about ongoing dangers linked to a July 31 la...
Nov 30, 2024
