Tag Archives: Environment
Livestock to join BC wildfire fighting effort
VICTORIA - From grazing in a field, to reducing wildfire risk- livestock will soon be a part of firefighting efforts throughout the province. In a release, the B.C Government announced it has taken st...
May 26, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
New sign welcomes public back to Minnie and Stoney Lakes after lengthy court battle
KAMLOOPS - The Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club says a sign that's been put up at Douglas Lake is a step in the right direction as it tries to put an official end to a seven-year fight over access to ...
May 25, 2019 Image Credit: Rick McGowan
Skeetchestn band pushes for more Indigenous-led prescribed burns
KAMLOOPS - A number of First Nations, including one in the Kamloops area, have joined a recent push to use prescribed burns as a wildfire prevention method. Controlled burns are one of the recommendat...
May 24, 2019 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
'Let's get this pipeline built' : Kamloops mayor reacts to court ruling in Trans Mountain case
KAMLOOPS - The mayor of Kamloops hopes today's B.C. Court of Appeal ruling will bring the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion one step closer to being built. This morning (May 24), five judges ruled the...
May 24, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Court says B.C. can't restrict oil shipments in key case for Trans Mountain
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal says the province cannot restrict oil shipments through its borders in a decision that marks a win for the future of the Trans Mountain pipeline expans...
May 24, 2019 Image Credit: Canadian Press
Mayor says northern Alberta town still under threat from nearby wildfire
HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - The mayor of a northwestern Alberta town says the threat from a powerful wildfire burning three kilometres away has not passed and warns evacuees they could be out longer...
May 24, 2019
Barriere mayor hopeful water will return to normal within the next week
BARRIERE, B.C. - After weeks of inconsistent manganese levels in Barriere drinking water, the district's mayor is hopeful for a solution.Ward Stamer says levels haven't gone up higher in the past seve...
May 22, 2019 Image Credit: Dreamstime
Wind remains on firefighters' side in bout with northern Alberta wildfire
HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - Despite heavy smoke, officials say a lighter wind out of the northeast has allowed for great progress on reining in a wildfire that's forced thousands of people from their homes in...
May 22, 2019
Province says B.C. snowpack near 40-year lows for mid-May
KAMLOOPS - Provincial officials say the latest figures show among lowest snowpack conditions for this time of year in the past four decades. And the B.C. River Forecast Centre is warning of low stream...
May 21, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Hikers reminded to prepare when heading out into bear country
KAMLOOPS - It was a terrifying encounter with wildlife, a young woman and her dogs were stalked by a bear between McQueen Lake and Isobel Lake earlier this month. "When the bear approached she deploye...
May 15, 2019 Image Credit: Ashley Gribble
