Wildfires

TNRD – Hundreds of wildfire volunteers honoured at appreciation dinner

April 18, 2018 // 1 Comment

(Click on any image to view gallery.) National Volunteer Week provided the occasion for a special celebration Wednesday night (April 18, 2018) as more than 500 wildfire 2017 [Continue]

LETTER – Does TNRD have short memory on last summer’s wildfires?

February 26, 2018 // 1 Comment

The headline on the story detailing the decision by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District to eliminate funding for volunteer fire brigades should have read “fire dumb.” [Continue]

TNRD – $30 million in losses from wildfires, says recovery report

February 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

Last year’s wildfires caused a $30-million economic loss, says a report on the Thompson-Nicola Regional District’s recovery efforts. Myles Bruns told the TNRD board [Continue]

FEEDBACK – Survey asks, ‘How is smoke from B.C.’s wildfires affecting you?’

August 9, 2017 // 2 Comments

How is the air pollution caused by wildfire smoke affecting you? That’s what the Kamloops Physicians for a Healthy Environment Society wants to know, and it has created a [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Is the end of summer on the horizon, or the end of days?

August 5, 2017 // 5 Comments

IS THE END of summer on the horizon, or the end of days? It feels more like the latter. We’ve come to commonly apply the term “Apocalypse” to wildfire season. A sense [Continue]

GINTA – How elusive is social conscience? Depends how we shape it…

July 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

WHAT MAKES some people offer their homes to wildfire evacuees, donate money and goods, and even go and spend long nights snuggling terrified pets, while others do the exact [Continue]