Environment

B.C.’s grizzly bear hunt isn’t for the good of the species, it’s for the enjoyment of humans

April 2, 2014 // 0 Comments

WEDNESDAY MORNING EDITORIAL — Grizzly bears have a target on their backs again in B.C. The spring hunting season began Tuesday and runs to May 31, with another season in [Continue]

Domtar reviewing bad-smell procedures

April 1, 2014 // 3 Comments

NEWS — Domtar is reviewing procedures in the wake of last week’s foul smell that spilled out of the mill and sailed east down the valley, resulting in dozens of calls [Continue]

Kamloops cuts electricity use just a little bit

March 31, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — It wasn’t a lot, but it was a little. Kamloops residents saved .9 per cent on electricity during Saturday night’s Earth Hour, less than half what they [Continue]

Climate change is for real: The Canadian North is heating up and so is Kamloops

March 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: Earth Hour, today at 8:30 p.m., focuses on reducing our energy consumption but its concept is a broad-based commitment to our environment. Following is a [Continue]

Blasting at New Afton not to blame for shaking up the neighbourhood, TNRD told

March 28, 2014 // 1 Comment

NEWS — TNRD director Ronaye Elliott is satisfied with the answers provided today by New Gold on concerns from Cherry Creek residents that blasting at the New Afton [Continue]

Famed conservationist Jane Goodall delivers message of hope to overflow Kamloops crowd

March 25, 2014 // 1 Comment

By MICHELE YOUNG Despite the deforestation, despite the commercial bushmeat industry, despite the abject poverty that has resulted in the shrinking of chimpanzee habitat in [Continue]