communications
Emergency officials looking to improve communications after McDougall Creek wildfire
People impacted by the McDougall Creek wildfire in and around West Kelowna have been frustrated by…
Use it or lose it – Okanagan community losing last pay phone
The last remaining Telus pay phone at the 7-Eleven in Lake Country will be gone by…
TRU study calls for changes to way wildfire service communicates risk and crisis information
With the disastrous 2021 wildfire season still fresh in everyone's minds in the B.C. Interior,…
iN PHOTOS: Fresh snowfall greets Kamloops residents Friday morning
Kamloops is a winter wonderland thanks to the fresh snow that fell overnight although drivers…
Why you don’t hear much from the provincial government at election time
Journalists are known to complain that it’s difficult getting information from the government at the…
Open access media policy pays off for city
KELOWNA - The 2015 citizens survey is due out in a couple of weeks and the city is expecting to do as good or better in most categories. But city officials might be surprised to find they’re doing great in a category they don’t even measure — communications with the media. While journalists love to...
Watching the watchers – Interior Health Authority measures journalist’s opinions with media survey
KELOWNA - Is the Interior Health authority a transparent and open government organization, readily accessible to the media, or an impenetrable bureaucracy with a tightly controlled and scripted media message? It depends which side of the divide you’re on. On Tuesday, Darshan Lindsay, manager of public affairs for the Interior Health Authority, took board members...
Councillor calls new communications strategy “propaganda”
VERNON - Council is in disagreement over a new communications policy, adopted Monday in a split 4-2 vote. The city’s communications coordinator, Tanya Laing Gahr created the policy and described is as a way to effectively communicate the city’s story to the media, the public, funding bodies and other levels of government. Coun. Bob Spiers...