Water

CITY HALL – Grants for study of climate change impact on water infrastructure

August 15, 2025 // 1 Comment

The City of Kamloops has acquired more than half a million dollars in grant funding to support climate change adaptation work in the Thompson River watershed. The City [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – AI is hungry for electricity, thirsty for water

May 23, 2024 // 0 Comments

WE HEAR A LOT about the promise and peril of artificial intelligence but little about mundane things such as how to feed the lumbering savant. The promise is that generative [Continue]

PETERS – We’re stuck with the bill for previous councils’ short-sighted water rate decisions

November 25, 2023 // 7 Comments

IT’S EASY TO UNDERSTAND why residents struggling in the midst of an affordability crisis might be more than a little miffed at the City of Kamloops right now. Any [Continue]

WATER – Water main break interrupts service on Kootenay Way

July 18, 2023 // 0 Comments

Water has been temporarily shut off on Kootenay Way due to a water main break, says Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc. Here’s the Facebook post from the Band this afternoon [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Stop pointing the finger at City Hall and start using less water

July 18, 2023 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WATER RESTRICTIONS have been a thing in our part of the world for a long time. We’re used to being told not to irrigate our lawns during [Continue]