Tag Archives: Environment
Kamloops preparing early for high water, due to high snowpack and COVID-19 concerns
KAMLOOPS - We're still over a month away from river levels hitting their peak in the Thompson Valley. However, on Tuesday, Kamloops City Council heard about near-record snowpack levels, which could sp...
Apr 16, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Alberta suspends environmental reporting requirements over COVID crisis
EDMONTON - Alberta has suspended environmental reporting requirements for industry. The move comes in a ministerial order signed on Tuesday by Environment Minister Jason Nixon. It says the suspension ...
Apr 02, 2020
TNRD shutters eco-depots to building materials and yard waste as a result of a spike in dumping
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Nicola Regional District is working to minimize the impact of COVID-19 on hundreds of employees and thousands of residents of its geographic area.Interim CAO Randy Diehl says t...
Mar 26, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Parks Canada to close national parks, historic sites to vehicle traffic
Parks Canada is restricting vehicles in national parks and national historic sites after people flocked to the popular areas on the weekend.The federal agency said it's still noticing lots of visitors...
Mar 24, 2020
Kamloops' Seedy Saturday event cancelled due to COVID-19
KAMLOOPS - The unofficial kickoff to the gardening season is the latest to be cancelled in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Seedy Saturday, which was set for Saturday morning at OLPH Gym, was cancelled...
Mar 13, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Mitigation work underway in Merritt ahead of potential flood and fire seasons
MERRITT - The City of Merritt is planning to utilize new provincial funding to stay ahead of potential spring floods and summer fires this year. The latest snowpack measurements are showing normal lev...
Mar 11, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
Wood debris piles to be burned near Merritt
MERRITT - Don't be alarmed by the sight of smoke rising from a forested area near Nicola Lake northeast of Merritt over the next few weeks. The BC Wildfire Service is burning off about 150 piles of wo...
Mar 11, 2020
Kamloops RCMP engage with post-secondary students on the subject of pipeline protests
KAMLOOPS - It's a complicated issue, with no clear solution. The conflict between the Wet'suwet'en and Coastal GasLink has now spilled far beyond the path of the pipeline, grinding rail traffic to a h...
Feb 26, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Trans Mountain holds wintertime simulation of pipeline rupture response
KAMLOOPS - Trans Mountain pipeline ruptures have not been common in Kamloops, but today more than 200 personnel were practicing, and learning what would happen if a spill occurred in the local area. P...
Feb 12, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
City council in Prince Albert, Sask., votes to give plastic bags the boot
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A city in northern Saskatchewan is believed to be the first in the province to have banned plastic checkout bagsPrince Albert city council passed a bylaw unanimously at a meetin...
Jan 28, 2020
