Tag Archives: Environment
Early survey results show big concerns in Alberta over Rocky Mountain coal mining
EDMONTON - Early results from a provincial survey on coal mining in the Rocky Mountains show major concerns about expanding the industry. Ninety per cent of the respondents say there are some areas of...
May 18, 2021
Hikers reminded to stay on trails after close call on Mara Mountain
Stay on the main trails.That's the message from Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) Platoon Captain Wade Lindoff after a woman got into a "precarious position" on Mara Mountain near Cinnamon Ridge Saturday (Ma...
May 16, 2021
B.C. launches website to help people identify algae blooms in lakes
SALMON ARM - To understand where and when algae blooms happen around the province, B.C.'s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy developed an educational Algae Watch website.One event tha...
May 15, 2021
ASK Wellness pitches in to clean twenty Kamloops streets in twenty days
KAMLOOPS - Each year, when the sun heats up and the snow melts, a bounty of litter is revealed on city streets. Each year, different community organizations step up and clean up much of that litter th...
May 11, 2021
'Like a flash fire:' Rabbit owners warned about outbreak of deadly disease in Alberta
CALGARY - Janice Romick could see it coming. The rabbit breeder for 40 years in Cold Lake, Alta., says she saw the writing on the wall before a deadly rabbit virus appeared last month in the southern ...
May 05, 2021
Kamloops experiences dryer April but average temperature remains normal
KAMLOOPS - An extremely dry month for Kamloops.That's how Environment Canada Meteorologist Bobby Sekhon described April 2021, a month where there was only three-and-a-half millimetres of precipitation...
May 03, 2021
Fire above Mt. Paul Way held to two hectares, cause unknown
Another fire on the Tk'emlups Reserve was put out Friday (April 30) evening.Kamloops Fire Rescue put out the fire on the hillside, just above Mt. Paul Way."We contained it to about two hectares, but i...
May 01, 2021
Battle brewing over big rigs on Highway 5A between Kamloops and Merritt
KAMLOOPS - Last week, the TNRD Board of Directors voted in favour of writing a letter in support of a call from local residents to ban commercial truck traffic along Highway 5A between Kamloops and Me...
Apr 29, 2021
TMX crews taking steps to limit impact on Kamloops wildlife
KAMLOOPS - It's a noisy time for residents and animals who live along the Trans Mountain expansion path, but there have been some visible efforts made to keep the disturbance temporary. Mel Rothenburg...
Apr 22, 2021
Trudeau increases Canada's committment to cut greenhouse gas
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promises Canada will slash its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 per cent within the next decade. The new target is higher than the 36 per cent reduction in e...
Apr 22, 2021
