BEPPLE – Tell candidates Kamloops needs a wildfire research centre
THINGS ARE STILL QUIET in Kamloops leading up to October’s federal election. Candidates are mostly in place, and party messages are being pushed out on social media. [Continue]
Wildfires
TNRD – Visitors need to know the Interior hasn’t gone up in smoke
By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD The August long weekend is known for more than B.C. Day. Unfortunately, it’s also sometimes the turning point in [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Looters deserve to be hammered hard by the courts
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN-NICOLA MP DAN ALBAS is shopping around for support of a private member’s bill he hopes will deter anyone [Continue]
GINTA – The do and don’t lists of Summer
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO the Kamloops skies were smoky from the wildfires in Alberta and everyone was thinking the same: it’s too soon. Aside from a few small fires around [Continue]
BEPPLE – Now is the time for stricter bylaws on open fires in rural areas
WHEN B.C. WILDFIRES start in March and go until at least October, is the term “Wildfire Season” even applicable anymore? In 2017, B.C. had its worst wildfire season on [Continue]
LETTER – We face ‘wicked problems,’ very complex and difficult to solve
My daughter and I were recently discussing my observation that some of her peers where making a conscious choice not to work full time, at least for now, even when they were [Continue]
SUZUKI – Climate change combines with other factors to fuel wildfires
SCIENTISTS, JOURNALISTS, environmentalists and others who draw the connection between increasing wildfires and global warming often face a backlash. It’s not climate [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Kamloops is anything but ‘uncaring and indifferent’
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BEFORE POINTING FINGERS in public, sometimes it’s better to take a more positive approach and ask questions first. Take the health issues [Continue]
THE CONVERSATION – Fighting historic wildfires amid bad ideas and no funding
By EDWARD STRUZIK Queen’s University, Ontario SHORTLY AFTER my book “Firestorm, How Wildfire Will Shape Our Future” was published in late 2017, I received a flurry [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Playing chicken with water bombers is a game for fools
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? “Stupid” is an over-used word these days but playing chicken with firefighting aircraft fits the definition. [Continue]
GINTA – Most of the human caused troubles can be avoided
THERE IS NOTHING like thick billows of wildfire smoke close to town to remind everyone that Mother Nature has an indubitable upper hand. Humbling. As the fire was raging, I [Continue]
WILDFIRES – East Shuswap Road eaglets ready to fly after close call with fire
An eagles’ nest saved from the East Shuswap Road wildfire remains in place and the eaglets were seen trying to fly from the nest on Saturday, the BC Wildfire Service [Continue]
WILDFIRES – Grass fire above East Shuswap Road slowing down
Firefighters will spend the night working on a 380-hectare grass fire in the hills above East Shuswap Road on Tk’emlups te Secwépemc, with high temperatures and strong [Continue]
PETERS – Better ways to thank wildfire volunteers than a monument
HERE AT TWO AND OUT, we’re all about saying thank-you to those who help out during devastating wildfires. We do it with some kind words and, if the opportunity presents [Continue]
