Tag Archives: Environment
Quiet wildfire season provided opportunity for out-of-province deployments
KAMLOOPS - The wildfire season has come to a close and unlike the past two years, this year did not burn its way into the history books. Within the Kamloops Fire Centre there were 199 fires, burning j...
Oct 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
All local candidates to participate in environment-focused debate Thursday
KAMLOOPS - All of the local candidates in the federal election are confirmed in Thursday evening's debate centered around the environment. Cheryl Kabloona, chair of the Kamloops Chapter of the B.C. Su...
Oct 03, 2019 All seven local candidates participated in a debate at South Kamloops Secondary on Oct. 2 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Winter tires now required on BC Highways
KAMLOOPS - October 1st is the first day drivers on many highways across British Columbia are required to have winter tires on their vehicle. While there are many options when it comes to winter tires,...
Oct 01, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Trucking industry looking towards greener pastures, with fuel efficient technology in its future
KAMLOOPS - Alongside a growing number of electric and non-gas dependent vehicles on the market, BC's trucking industry is taking steps toward implementing greener, more fuel efficient technology. Whil...
Sep 29, 2019 (Image Credit: File photo- CFJC Today)
Community comes out to support youth-led, climate change inaction protest
KAMLOOPS - More than 100 demonstrators gathered along Columbia Street in Kamloops today (Sept. 20), protesting climate-crisis inaction, and promoting environmental practices. Kate Nanson is one of the...
Sep 20, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
CHARBONNEAU: A brief reprieve from smoke-filled summers
I GAVE A SIGH OF RELIEF when this summer ended with no significant wildfires. The past two summers have been filled with eye-watering, throat-choking smoke so thick you couldn't see across the street....
Sep 19, 2019
Salmon swimming through Fraser River rockslide area using restored passageways
LILLOOET - Progress is being made on getting salmon through the section of the Fraser River blocked by a rock slide earlier this summer. In an update yesterday (Aug. 31), the Big Bar Landslide Informa...
Sep 01, 2019 (Image Credit: Courtesy of the Big Bar Unified Command)
Brazil, Bolivia assessing needs after Canada offers $15M aid for Amazon fires
OTTAWA - A Canadian official says Brazil and other Amazon-basin countries are considering Canada's offer of $15 million and equipment to help fight the fires destroying the South American rainforest. ...
Aug 27, 2019
Crews battling wildfires
KAMLOOPS - While British Columbians celebrated the B.C. Day holiday weekend, provincial wildfire crews were called into action in the Kamloops Fire District. The Eagle Bluff fire was spotted Sunday ap...
Aug 05, 2019
Public asked to avoid Big Bar landslide area ahead of long weekend
KAMLOOPS - The public is being asked avoid the area around the Big Bar landslide along the Fraser River through the B.C. Day long weekend. That's where officials are trying to rehabilitate the river b...
Aug 02, 2019
