Tag Archives: Environment
NewsAlert: National parks, historic sites partly reopening June 1
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has announced that national parks will gradually reopen starting June, signalling the federal government's first halting steps to bringing Canada out o...
May 14, 2020
City flood preparations in place ahead of North and South Thompson River peak
KAMLOOPS - The city is preparing for the worst flood in more than 20 years. It's contracted Extreme Excavator to put up Hesco baskets along Rivers Trail at Riverside Park. "The key there is we're prot...
May 11, 2020
Spring mosquito control underway in rural Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It's early in the season for the usual influx of mosquitoes in urban areas, but mosquito control is well underway in the Kamloops-area grasslands. In the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, ...
May 05, 2020 Cheryl Phippen of BWP Consulting checking out the mosquito population in a Schiedam Flats grassland pond. (Image Credit: Adam Donnelly / CFJC Today)
Ice jam that caused flooding in Fort McMurray melting
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - An ice jam on the Athabasca River is nearly half the size it was earlier this week when it caused major flooding in Fort McMurray and forced 13,000 people from their homes. The ...
Apr 30, 2020
Ice jam intel: How the Athabasca River ice buildup is flooding Fort McMurray
Ice jams can stretch for kilometres, reach several metres in height and cause rivers to rise in a matter of hours, says one river ice expert. An ice dam roughly 25 kilometres long&...
Apr 29, 2020
Evacuation alert issued for properties near 100 Mile House
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Five rural properties along Bridge Creek in the Houseman Road area of the Cariboo, have been placed under an evacuation alert. The affected area is approximately 15 kilometres no...
Apr 28, 2020 Image Credit: File
GINTA: Wildlife should not pay the ultimate price during the pandemic
DO YOU REMEMBER the first couple of weeks of COVID-19 and the toilet paper shortage? Then came the flour and other dry supplies, followed by yeast. Next came the seed shortage. Suppliers in town could...
Apr 27, 2020 Image Credit: Jacqueline Macou
More Evacuation Orders and Alerts issued in Cariboo - Chilcotin
WILLIAMS LAKE - Flooding led to a series of Evacuation Orders and Evacuation Alerts issued by the Cariboo Regional District's Emergency Operations Centre (CRD EOC) Sunday.An Evacuation Order was issue...
Apr 26, 2020 Image Credit: City of Williams Lake
Cariboo Regional District issues evacuation orders
Williams Lake - Five homes in the Cariboo Regional District (CRD) have fallen under evacuation orders. The orders were issued Friday evening by the CRD Emergency Operations Centre as floodwaters throu...
Apr 24, 2020 Image Credit: Michael Gaida/File
City of Kamloops Emergency Operations Centre preparing for parallel emergencies
KAMLOOPS - On March 20th, the City of Kamloops declared a State of Local Emergency to help them deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. As that crisis has evolved over the past month, staff have been looking...
Apr 23, 2020 Image Credit: File Image/CFJC Today
