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TNRD – All-day session to look at alternatives to putting biosolids on land

May 25, 2018 // 1 Comment

The TNRD board will immerse itself in biosolids — the subject, not the stuff — at an all-day workshop Friday, July 20. The board will hear from experts on alternative [Continue]

TNRD – McLure residents to vote June 23 on fire department funding

May 25, 2018 // 0 Comments

Residents of McLure will vote June 23 on whether the McLure Fire Department should become a TNRD-operated service. About 30 people attended an information meeting in the fire [Continue]

TNRD – Report recommends more financial help for rural fire brigades

May 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

An independent review of flood and wildfire practices commissioned by the B.C. government holds some potentially good news for rural fire departments. The report, called [Continue]

TNRD – Recycling changes will mean more sorting, but more products

May 18, 2018 // 3 Comments

We’ll be able to recycle more products and save money, but we’ll have to do more sorting when the Thompson-Nicola Regional District joins Recycle B.C. this fall. At its [Continue]

LAFARGE – Council takes no action on request for deadline support

May 15, 2018 // 2 Comments

Kamloops City council took no action today (May 15, 2018) on a request to support changes to an application from Lafarge for new air emissions. Doug Mears and Gina Morris [Continue]

TNRD – Neighbours form lobby group on Lafarge air-emissions application

May 7, 2018 // 1 Comment

Neighbours of Lafarge Kamloops have formed a lobby group to push for higher standards in an air-emissions permit amendment sought by the company. Members of the newly formed [Continue]

FLOOD WATCH – State of local emergency declared in Nicola North

May 3, 2018 // 1 Comment

UPDATE: The TNRD will hold a public meeting for Stump Lake residents at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 4, 2018 at the church at Douglas Lake Road and Highway 5A. TNRD and [Continue]

TNRD – Residents asked to be vigilant with recyclable materials

April 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

The TNRD is asking residents to be more vigilant about disposing of recyclable materials. This comes after the TNRD’s recycling processor, Emterra Environmental, [Continue]

TNRD – Downtown library to get new entrance as part of renovations

April 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

The second phase of renovations to the downtown Kamloops Library will get underway next week. The library will remain open but the public will have to access the Civic [Continue]

TNRD – Board workshop to challenge land application of biosolids

April 20, 2018 // 5 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD Biosolids, and ways to stop them from being put on the ground, will be under the microscope of Thompson-Nicola Regional [Continue]

TNRD – Hundreds of wildfire volunteers honoured at appreciation dinner

April 18, 2018 // 1 Comment

(Click on any image to view gallery.) National Volunteer Week provided the occasion for a special celebration Wednesday night (April 18, 2018) as more than 500 wildfire 2017 [Continue]

TNRD – Lafarge to establish liaison committee on air emissions app

April 16, 2018 // 0 Comments

Lafarge Kamloops will form a community liaison committee to work with residents on concerns about an application for a new air emissions permit, the company says. In a notice [Continue]

TNRD – Residents demand accountability if Lafarge gets green light

April 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Ministry of Environment will look closely at including accountability measures in an air emissions permit application being sought by Lafarge for its Kamloops plant. [Continue]

FIRE – Three volunteer brigades team up to fight house fire at East Paul Lake

April 2, 2018 // 1 Comment

Volunteers from three rural fire brigades teamed up today (Monday, April 2, 2018) to control a house fire at East Paul Lake that could have gotten away and spread into the [Continue]