Tag Archives: Environment
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
Parks Canada says no to gondola proposed from Banff townsite to Mount Norquay
BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada has rejected a proposed gondola to take skiers and hikers from Banff townsite to the summit at the Mount Norquay ski resort. The agency has been considering ...
Jan 21, 2020
Kamloops crafters help Australian animals with a variety of items
KAMLOOPS - For weeks, we've been flooded with images and videos of the devastating Australian wildfires that have been ravaging vast swaths of the countryside down under. It's now estimated that milli...
Jan 20, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
'It's obviously a disappointing decision': BC Attorney General responds to Supreme Court dismissal of TMX appeal
KAMLOOPS - The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a move from the B.C. Government to regulate what could flow through the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion. The province appealed to the Supreme Cou...
Jan 16, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
City focusing on developing organic waste collection plan in 2020
KAMLOOPS - The city is putting more focus on diverting organics from the landfill in 2020. In December, the Civic Operations Committee asked staff to begin a waste reduction strategy for organics. Whi...
Jan 15, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Warm clothing donations still needed across Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Agencies across the city are working to ensure those in need can survive in these frigid temperatures. That includes the BC SPCA Second Chances Thrift Store.Throughout the winter, they've b...
Jan 14, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Winter storm leaves local agencies scrambling to find a place for those with nowhere else to go
KAMLOOPS - Winter arrived in a big way in Kamloops Sunday morning, with temperatures dropping fast and snow blowing drifts all over the city. For those who don't have a safe space to call home, there ...
Jan 12, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Alberta fires back at UN committee for criticism of energy megaprojects
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister says the United Nations is an unelected, unaccountable body that has no business criticizing Canada's energy megaprojects.Sonya Savage, in a statement, says that i...
Jan 07, 2020
How to properly dispose of Christmas trees and other holiday waste
KAMLOOPS - With Christmas now over, people are beginning to put away their decorations and take down their trees. The City of Kamloops has 12 sites designated to tree disposal across Kamloops. "Pretty...
Dec 27, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
