Wildfires

CHARBONNEAU – We are being tested by smoke, fire, heat and disease

July 22, 2021 // 1 Comment

AS WE EMERGE from the pandemic, Kamloopsians expect that summer, especially this summer, will be liberating. After being cooped up all winter, carefully cloistering ourselves [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Lessons to learn from the overdue state of emergency

July 21, 2021 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AFTER MUCH RESISTANCE, the provincial government has finally declared a state of emergency, effective today, due to the wildfires consuming [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Those who deliberately set wildfires should go to jail

July 19, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. UNTIL WE START throwing people in jail for starting wildfires, we’re going to be fighting a losing battle with what has become an annual [Continue]

PETERS – B.C. State of Emergency needed for practical, symbolic reasons

July 17, 2021 // 0 Comments

IT MIGHT BE STUBBORNNESS, it might be ignorance, or it might be embarrassment that is preventing politicians from declaring a provincial State of Emergency in B.C., [Continue]

WILDFIRES – CP statement on TSB investigation into Lytton fire

July 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

Canadian Pacific today (July 16, 2021) issued the following statement on the Transportation Safety Board of Canada’s (“TSB”) rail transportation safety [Continue]

GINTA – Lessons from previous and present wildfire seasons

July 16, 2021 // 1 Comment

TODAY IS A HEAVY DAY. The morning held a cleaner air promise for a bit but that dissipated towards lunch time when the smoke grew thicker and heavier than it’s been [Continue]