PETERS – Enjoy Ribfest… or don’t

Posted on August 12, 2017 in Local Voices, Page One, Peters, Wildfires // 0 Comments

(Image: CFJC Today)

Dr. MICHAEL MEHTA is a reasonable man.

An expert in his field of environmental studies, he presents a unique perspective that not all of us hold, but he deserves to be heard nonetheless.

He’s not off his rocker, as some online comments seemed to suggest after he recommended this week that the Rotary Ribfest planned for this weekend in Riverside Park be called off.

Mehta believes we aren’t taking this thick smoke seriously enough, and Interior Health isn’t doing enough to drive the message home.

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James Peters is the radio anchor at CFJC, coming to Kamloops in 2006. He anchors the afternoon news on B-100 and 98.3 CIFM, and contributes weekly editorials to the CFJC Evening News. He tweets regularly @Jamloops.

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