Tag Archives: Environment
Salmon still blocked along Fraser River near Big Bar slide
LILLOOET, B.C. - Work to rehabilitate the Fraser River near Big Bar is continuing. A landslide narrowed the canyon and created a five-metre waterfall, making the area virtually impassable for migratin...
Aug 01, 2019
Work continuing to clear Big Bar slide for migrating salmon
KAMLOOPS - Slow and gradual success is being reported by officials behind work to restore the natural passage of migrating salmon past the Big Bar landslide north of Lillooet. More than a month since ...
Jul 31, 2019 Big Bar landslide
Kamloops Fire Centre fire danger rating expected to rise
KAMLOOPS - Knock on wood, toss some salt over your shoulder, or turn around in a circle three times - however you ward off bad luck, now is the time to do it. That's because compared to 2017 and 2018,...
Jul 30, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Thompson Shuswap Master Gardeners conduct annual bee count
KAMLOOPS - Much has been made about the plight of honeybees across Canada and all over North America, but much less is known about native populations of pollinators. This weekend, the Kamloops Shuswap...
Jul 29, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops city councillor applauds move by BC Transit to convert fleet to electric buses
KAMLOOPS - BC Transit is planning to convert its entire fleet to electric buses by 2040. The transition is part of BC Transit's low carbon fleet program, with a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissio...
Jul 29, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Cariboo open fire ban scheduled next week
WILLIAMS LAKE - With warm dry weather in the forecast, the province is taking steps to reduce the risk of wildfires in the Cariboo. As of noon Monday July 29th, all open fires, larger than campfires, ...
Jul 25, 2019 Open Burn
Blocked Fraser River salmon to be helicoptered up and over rockslide site
VICTORIA - Federal, provincial, and First Nations leaders have now outlined the plan to have thousands of rockslide-blocked salmon in the Fraser River taken upstream using helicopters. Last month (Jun...
Jul 21, 2019 Helicopter on site at Big Bar rockslide
B.C.'s small cannabis producers looking for inroads into the marketplace
KAMLOOPS - This afternoon, representatives from GrowTech Labs held a meeting for parties interested in small-scale commercial cannabis production.The event was an informational session, following up o...
Jul 18, 2019 Image Credit: GrowTech Labs
Mercury tops out on top of the world: Alert, Nunavut, warmer than Victoria
Weather watchers are focused on the world's most northerly community which has been experiencing some record-breaking heat. Canadian Forces Station Alert recorded a temperature of 20 C on Su...
Jul 15, 2019
Teen writer touring new book about 2017 Wildfires in support of first responders
KAMLOOPS - For many aspiring authors, writing a book is something that takes years and years, with re-writes and revisions upon re-writes and revisions. For one B.C. teenager, he's already written a t...
Jul 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
