Wildfires

LETTER – We need to learn the lessons from this year’s wildfires, now

August 22, 2017 // 2 Comments

I hope we can finally learn the lessons fires and subsequent reports tried to teach us in 2003, 2010 and now. We need to get back to prescribed burns and we need to be more [Continue]

COLLINS – You sure can’t please everyone when it comes to alerts

August 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

THE CITY of Kamloops put out a news release this week, giving people the latest on the Elephant Hill The wildfire which is slowly creeping towards Kamloops. The idea of the [Continue]

LETTER – Health officer should review impact of wildfire smoke on people

August 16, 2017 // 3 Comments

This letter was sent to Dr. Bonnie Henry today (Aug. 16, 2017) by the Kamloops Physicians for a Health Environment Society: Dr. Bonnie Henry Deputy Provincial Health Officer [Continue]

SUZUKI – Wildfires are a wake-up call about the reality of climate change

August 16, 2017 // 1 Comment

WILDFIRES ARE sweeping B.C. Close to 900 have burned through 600,000 hectares so far this year, blanketing western North America with smoke. Fighting them has cost more than [Continue]

PETERS – Enjoy Ribfest… or don’t

August 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 [Continue]

FEEDBACK – Survey asks, ‘How is smoke from B.C.’s wildfires affecting you?’

August 9, 2017 // 2 Comments

How is the air pollution caused by wildfire smoke affecting you? That’s what the Kamloops Physicians for a Healthy Environment Society wants to know, and it has created a [Continue]