Snow removal

LETTER – Merritt can do better with snow clearing but please be patient

January 6, 2021 // 0 Comments

The following letter was sent to Merritt residents by Merritt CAO Sean Smith: Open Letter on Snow Clearing in the City of Merritt Dear Citizens of Merritt, January 5, 2021 We [Continue]

EDITORIAL – There’s an easy answer to those driveway windrows – money

January 5, 2021 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FIRST IT SNOWED, then it melted, then it snowed again. And then it melted. As sure as it’s January, it’s going to snow a lot more, so [Continue]

McQUARRIE – A lot of ‘breaking news’ stories sound all too familiar

January 26, 2020 // 2 Comments

WATCHING FROM THE DISTANT and rainy shores of Vancouver Island, I sometimes find myself amused – in a head-scratching kind of way – by breaking news stories in [Continue]

KNOX – A little creativity goes a long way when snow shows up

January 19, 2020 // 1 Comment

I WENT ON A TORONTO radio show this week where the host struggled to contain herself as I described Victoria’s brush with Real Canadian Winter. “Say it again,” she [Continue]

WEATHER – Downtown snow removal to get underway overnight

January 15, 2020 // 0 Comments

Downtown snow removal will start tonight (Jan. 15, 2020) at 8 p.m., and crews will work until 6 a.m. on Thursday morning to clear the windrows from Lansdowne, Victoria, and [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Frootloops council tackles crisis of snowless Christmas

December 22, 2018 // 4 Comments

THERE IS NO JOY in Frootloops. With only a few days to go before Christmas, the council gathers to deal with a crisis — no snow. As the newbies mill around trying to find [Continue]