Wildfires

BEPPLE – Gratitude and thankfulness abound during these grim times

August 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

GRATITUDE AND THANKFULNESS must be inherent human emotions. Both have been in abundance over the last few days and weeks in Kamloops. Checking on social media, here are a few [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Horgan needs to see and be seen during wildfire crisis

August 18, 2021 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FEELING IGNORED is nothing new for the B.C. Interior but it would be nice if the provincial government would make more of an effort to show [Continue]

WILDFIRES – From the perspective of a BC Wildfire Service incident commander

August 14, 2021 // 8 Comments

The following was posted as a series of tweets by Kamloops-based incident commander Kyle Young: My name is Kyle Young and I am an Incident Commander with the #BCWildfire [Continue]

GINTA – Resiliency, self-reliance are not outlandish concepts; they’re necessary

August 13, 2021 // 2 Comments

IT IS SAID that there are at least two sides to every story. The story of the fire that burned through the Monte Lake community and the Paxton Valley is one of them and it is [Continue]

KNOX – Wildfire reality is slow to sink in outside the B.C. Interior

August 8, 2021 // 4 Comments

I CAN’T THINK of Monte Lake without thinking of the log boom. Wouldn’t want to slip between the logs, my mother said as we drove past. You might not find your way back [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – If you were told to leave everything behind, would you?

August 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

IF A MASSIVE WILDFIRE was roaring towards your home, and you were told to evacuate, would you? A surprising number wouldn’t. As crews fought — unsuccessfully, in large [Continue]

PETERS – Are we finally ready to agree on climate change?

August 7, 2021 // 1 Comment

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc revelation of unmarked graves near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School site has been said before. It’s not that [Continue]

WILDFIRES – Kamloops ESS puts out call for more volunteers

August 6, 2021 // 0 Comments

Kamloops Emergency Support Services is calling for more volunteers. ESS provides short-term assistance to those forced from their homes because of wildfires. Volunteer [Continue]

GINTA – Those small things that make a world of difference

July 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

THE SMALL GREEN SPACE near our home is bone dry, like the rest of the interior. There is no public indicator of the fire hazard but the ones in Peterson Creek Park spell it [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Should B.C. get its own air wing for fighting wildfires?

July 28, 2021 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE OF THE MANY QUESTIONS on everybody’s mind during this smoky, fiery summer is, “how can we do this better?” That is, are there more [Continue]

BEPPLE – After warning upon warning about climate change, will we act?

July 28, 2021 // 5 Comments

MY FATHER’S FAMILY emigrated from Romania to Canada in 1929. They were descendants of some of the many Germans who went to Romania starting in 1763 by invitation of [Continue]

LETTER – B.C. needs to get its own Air Wing to defeat the wildfires

July 26, 2021 // 6 Comments

An open letter to: The Honorable Todd Stone and The Honorable Peter Milobar British Columbia Wildfires I write to you both because the ridings of Kamloops-South Thompson, [Continue]

GINTA – Grateful for our local farmers, blue skies, and firefighting crews

July 23, 2021 // 0 Comments

THIS ONE TWEET among the countless ones on social media caught my eye a few days ago. It was Tuesday, and the fires around Kamloops were once again getting rowdy and there [Continue]

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]