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PETERS – A torrent of blame to go around after Merritt dike report

September 16, 2023 // 0 Comments

NEXT WEEK’S UBCM CONFERENCE IN VANCOUVER should be an interesting one for our local communities. On one hand, there is the Kamloops crew who will leave the big top and take [Continue]

EDITORIAL – ‘Unprecedented’ is no longer the right word for floods, fires

May 8, 2023 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE WORD ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ is much used these days, especially when it comes to wildfires and floods. In Alberta, Premier Daniella Smith [Continue]

COMMUNITY – Residents urged to register for Voyent Alert! system

April 21, 2023 // 0 Comments

The City of Kamloops, Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc, and the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) are encouraging all residents to register for Voyent Alert! in advance of [Continue]

SUZUKI – Water runs through the climate crisis

September 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

SOMETIMES there’s too much water; sometimes not enough. A major challenge with global heating is that it doesn’t necessarily cause more or less of something in a specific [Continue]

FLOODING – City takes steps to limit access to rising rivers

June 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

In response to the continued rise of the North and South Thompson Rivers, the City of Kamloops is taking further actions as part of its Flood Response Plan. On Tuesday, June [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – ‘Supply chain’ should be a contender for phrase of the year

December 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

I’M PICKING ‘SUPPLY CHAIN’ as phrase of the year. While there were other strong candidates, the stark frailty of supply chains and its psychological backlash [Continue]