Tag Archives: Environment
Environmental groups keep fighting KXL despite Biden's promise to block pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Critics of Canada's most controversial cross-border pipeline projects aren't taking their demise for granted under president-elect Joe Biden. A new report from the U.S.-based Rainfo...
Dec 08, 2020
Fossil fuels to decline but remain big player in Canada's energy use by 2050: report
OTTAWA - The Canada Energy Regulator says reaching net-zero emissions over the next 30 years will to require a much more aggressive transition away from oil and gas.The annual Energy Futures report re...
Nov 24, 2020
Parks Canada plans first captive breeding program for Jasper National Park caribou
EDMONTON - Caribou herds in Canada's Rocky Mountains are now so precarious that Parks Canada is preparing a plan to round up females from nearly vanished herds and pen them in a captive breeding progr...
Nov 02, 2020
Tk'emlups te Secwepemc unveils historic water reservoir project
KAMLOOPS - Thursday afternoon (Oct. 29), Tk'emlups te Secwepemc celebrated a historic milestone as they unveiled a completed infrastructure project that also creates a whole new set of economic opport...
Oct 29, 2020
First snowfall has Kamloops citizens planning winter recreation activities
KAMLOOPS - With the first flakes of snow flying on Friday, people's minds have turned to outdoor recreation this winter. With the pandemic, we saw a huge boost in boat and RV sales, as well as bikes -...
Oct 27, 2020
Secwepemc community collective celebrates its interns and the work they've done
KAMLOOPS - Across BC, different First Nations work closely with the provincial government in a variety of capacities. Here in Secwepemculecw, a collective of seven communities from this territory have...
Oct 16, 2020
'Discovery by little Nathan:' 12-year-old makes fossil find in southern Alberta
Aspiring paleontologist Nathan Hrushkin speaks with pride about his "killer resume." The Grade 7 student from Calgary discovered a rare dinosaur skeleton earlier this year at Horseshoe Canyon in the B...
Oct 15, 2020
City tackles fuel management in Kamloops nature parks
KAMLOOPS - Kenna Cartwright Nature Park - usually a calm, peaceful setting for a walk amongst the trees. However this week, that quiet has been replaced with the sound of chainsaws. The city is workin...
Oct 09, 2020
KAPA calls for better monitoring of old Ajax mine site after report finds water contamination increase
KAMLOOPS - Several community groups are asking the Ministry of Environment for improved monitoring around the old Ajax mine site with a new report citing contamination in Peterson Creek. The report - ...
Oct 06, 2020
City of Merritt hopes rain helps ease water restrictions
MERRITT, BC - On Monday, the City of Merritt asked residents to cease watering their lawns or washing their cars after the province declared level four drought conditions on the Coldwater River.The re...
Sep 24, 2020
