Wildfires

WILDFIRES – RCMP command post in Williams Lake gets special thank you

August 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

WILLIAMS LAKE — Nearly 100 Mounties in Williams Lake broke into applause during an operational briefing when Staff Sergeant Clarkson, deployed to the B.C. Wildfires from [Continue]

LETTER – Kamloops is a magnet for air pollution, and there are no ‘safe’ levels

August 8, 2017 // 8 Comments

Like many of us for the past number of weeks I have been sitting in a semi-dark home waiting for the temperature to drop and the sky to clear. Outside has an apocalyptic feel [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Does wildfire volunteer effort need to get a second wind?

August 8, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. YOU COULD call it volunteer fatigue, or maybe volunteer dropout. After a few weeks of high-energy response to the wildfire [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Is the end of summer on the horizon, or the end of days?

August 5, 2017 // 5 Comments

IS THE END of summer on the horizon, or the end of days? It feels more like the latter. We’ve come to commonly apply the term “Apocalypse” to wildfire season. A sense [Continue]

WILDFIRES – Skeetchestn evacuated, state of emergency extended again

August 4, 2017 // 1 Comment

Skeetchestn Indian Band residents were heading for Kamloops today (Aug. 4, 2017) to join other evacuees fleeing wildfires. Chief Ron Ignace and council signed the evacuation [Continue]

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]