SUZUKI – Water runs through the climate crisis
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]
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FLOODING – City takes steps to limit access to rising rivers
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
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]
BEPPLE – Here’s to those who got us through 2021, and will again in 2022
JANUARY IS NAMED after the Roman God Janus, who had two faces. One looked ahead, the other behind. So Jan. 1, which most of the of the world celebrates as New Year’s Day, [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – When Oak Hills became a lake; when a mountain fell
‘HAVE YOU EVER SEEN anything like this before?” This has become a mandatory question from reporters when they interview the victims of natural disasters. They ask it [Continue]
KNOX – Leaders damned if they show up at disasters, damned if they don’t
NATURAL DISASTERS can be disastrous for politicians. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice was scorned for shoe-shopping in New York as Hurricane Katrina hammered New Orleans in [Continue]
PETERS – What government can and cannot do in the face of natural disaster
CRITICISM OF GOVERNMENTS for not properly handling environmental catastrophes — like the one we saw last week — can at times be a little unfair. When Mother Nature truly [Continue]
TEGART – It’s hard to have hope right now but a lot of people are here to help
By JACKIE TEGART MLA, Fraser Nicola “WHAT YOU ARE COMING HOME TO is a city that’s changed.” Those were the words of Merritt Mayor Linda Brown this week, as she shared [Continue]
EDITORIAL – A good time to say thanks to those who step up in emergencies
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IN ANY EMERGENCY, some people are going to fall through the cracks. It’s happened with every major wildfire season, and it’s already [Continue]
BEPPLE – Small-town leaders deserve full-time pay in times like these
IT IS AMAZING AND INSPIRING to see how people have supported the recent disasters caused by climate change. People are rescuing livestock stranded by floods. Heavy [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – It’s panic buying, not hoarding, and our brains make us do it
I ONCE RAN INTO ELVIS in frozen foods. He was wearing his jump suit and checking out the Lean Cuisine fridge. “I’m a huge fan,” I told him. “I have all your LPs.” [Continue]
PETERS – Grocery hoarders, do I have a deal for you
ARE YOU IMPULSIVE, insecure and maybe even a little paranoid? Did you go grocery shopping earlier this week, even though you have a well-stocked kitchen and pantry at home? [Continue]
FLOODING – City of Merritt drone video shows old and new channels of river
The City of Merritt has released a video of the old (now dry) and new (full of water) channels of the Coldwater River near the wastewater filtration [Continue]
CLIMATE – How an ‘atmospheric river’ led to floods and mudslides in B.C.
By JOHN J. CLAGUE Simon Fraser University THE WEST COAST of Canada is known for its wet autumn weather, but the storm that British Columbia’s Fraser Valley experienced over [Continue]
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