Wildfires

EDITORIAL – Raw nerves become exposed during times of great stress

August 4, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger DURING TIMES of crisis, it’s natural for our sensitivities to be heightened. It wasn’t surprising, then, to receive an [Continue]

GINTA – How elusive is social conscience? Depends how we shape it…

July 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

WHAT MAKES some people offer their homes to wildfire evacuees, donate money and goods, and even go and spend long nights snuggling terrified pets, while others do the exact [Continue]

WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN – City’s core lends helping hand to evacuees

July 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

AS WILDFIRES burned across British Columbia and the provincial government called for a state of an emergency, over 40,000 helpless people were forced to leave their homes and [Continue]

COLLINS – It’s time to lower the boom on people who cause wildfires

July 31, 2017 // 3 Comments

THE NUMBER of fires caused by discarded cigarettes is escalating, and there is no question that no matter how wildfires are started, except those caused by Mother Nature of [Continue]

WILDFIRES – Martin Mtn. fire ‘no longer posing the same threat to residents’

July 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

TNRD News release, 6 p.m. Sunday, July 30, 2017: The Evacuation Orders and Alerts in place for residents near Monte Lake are being updated. The Martin Mountain Fire near [Continue]

KNOX – The people of Kamloops really know how to throw an Apocalypse

July 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

GIVE THIS to the people of Kamloops: They know how to throw an Apocalypse. When the wildfires hit and the evacuees poured in — thousands of them from such places as [Continue]

WILDFIRES – Clinton being evacuated in face of Elephant Hill fire

July 29, 2017 // 1 Comment

TNRD news release 4:50 p.m.: The Elephant Hill fire has that has been threatening the Village of Clinton and surrounding areas has now resulted in the immediate evacuation of [Continue]

WILDFIRES – Williams Lake residents cautiously begin returning home

July 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

The City of Williams Lake, Williams Lake Indian Band and Cariboo Regional District announced today that residents are now allowed to return to the City of Williams Lake, [Continue]

WILDFIRES – Videos show details of destruction at Loon Lake

July 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

A pair of videos released by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Wednesday (July 26, 2017) show details of the destruction at Loon Lake from the Elephant Hill wildfire. One [Continue]

WILDFIRES – Evacuation order, alert expanded for Monte Lake

July 26, 2017 // 1 Comment

A wildfire evacuation order and an evacuation alert declared Wednesday evening (July 26, 2017) in the Monte Lake area were both expanded at about 9 p.m. The fire — known as [Continue]

LETTER – Call for action: traditional food donations needed for evacuees

July 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

As of today (July 24, 2017), there are over a hundred wildfires burning throughout BC and at least two dozen of those fires are near First Nations communities, according to [Continue]

VIEWPOINT – Will wildfires make us stronger?

July 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

I DID NOT realize how horrible wildfires are until I lived through this season in B.C. Going through something is totally different than hearing about it, even when we’re [Continue]

COLLINS – Proof is in the pudding

July 24, 2017 // 1 Comment

IT WAS GOOD to see Premier Horgan talking about the B.C. wildfire situation in his first days in office, and good to have two cabinet ministers and a parliamentary secretary [Continue]

KNOX – No butts about it, those cigarette-flickers burn us all

July 23, 2017 // 2 Comments

News item: Forest fires are raging throughout the B.C. Interior. One on northern Vancouver Island was thought to be human-caused. News item: Improperly discarded cigarettes [Continue]