Tag Archives: Environment
Kamloops Naturalists hold fourth annual Dewdrop Cleanup
KAMLOOPS - The Dewdrop Range in the Lac du Bois Grasslands is a popular area for recreation; from hiking and mountain biking to watching birds and other wildlife, it's an outdoor paradise just a short...
May 14, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
For the 44th time, marchers join Walk for Peace, Social Justice & the Environment in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Nearly five decades ago, as the Cold War raged between the USSR and United States of America the world was living in fear of the potential for Nuclear War. In response, grassroots demonstra...
May 13, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Sustainability at the core of Kamloops Green Living Expo
KAMLOOPS - The 4th annual Green Living Expo took place at the Sandman Centre Saturday. The event was put together to help educate the community on incorporating sustainability into their daily lives. ...
May 13, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Plenty to see at 4th annual Green Living Expo
KAMLOOPS - It's a big day at the Sandman Centre. The City's 4th annual Green Living Expo runs from 10:00 a.m- 4:00 p.m today (May 11). Sustainability Educator Jaime Garbutt says the idea of the Expo i...
May 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
River Forecast Centre sees no elevated flood risk from latest snowpack numbers
KAMLOOPS - The BC River Forecast Centre says the province's snowpack is coming down slow and steady this spring, defusing concerns about high streamflows and floods. According to the May 1 Snow Survey...
May 08, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Cariboo Fire Centre to enact Category Two burning ban Friday
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The province is beginning its annual launch of burning restrictions in an effort to prevent wildfire starts. According to a news release from the BC Wildfire Service, Category Tw...
May 07, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Prescribed Burn For Goose Lake Area
KAMLOOPS - Officials are planning a prescribed burn in the Goose Lake area, about nine kilometres south of Kamloops. The BC Wildfire Service and the Tk'emlups Forestry Development Corporation expect t...
May 03, 2019 Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service (Prescribed Burn File Image)
Sicamous man fined $20,000 for work fixing up Eagle Pass Fire Lookout
In a case critics view as an example of bureaucratic overreach, a Sicamous man is facing a $20,000 fine after the province concluded his involvement on a project to fix up a historic fire lookout cont...
May 02, 2019 Image Credit: Rene St. Onge
CHARBONNEAU: Recycling is broken
IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME: throw away stuff guilt-free because others can use it. Now it looks more like wishful thinking.Manufacturers encouraged the scheme because they wouldn't have to...
May 02, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Turtle Valley residents set up road block to stop transportation of biosolids
CHASE, B.C. - Turtle Valley residents have set up a road block, preventing Arrow Transportation trucks hauling biosolids from entering private property where the sewage product was being used to recla...
Apr 29, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
