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Smoke from Ross Moore Lake fire to loom over Kamloops this week
A wildfire near Kamloops sent a column of smoke hurdling over the city last night,…
Decade after Slocan Valley jet fuel spill, judge to hear Lemon Creek class action
Residents of the Slocan Valley will finally have their day in court seeking compensation for…
BC Interior conservation group releases its wards from caribou maternity pens
A group working to restore a near-extinct caribou herd near Nakusp in the BC Interior…
iN VIDEO: Pilot captures aerial view of out-of-control wildfire near Kamloops
A Kamloops pilot flew high above a wildfire south of the city recording video of…
New online ‘Forest Eye’ will daylight old-growth logging in BC
There will soon be no way for old-growth logging to go undetected in B.C. An…
BC Wildfire takes wait and see approach for Wells Gray park fires
The BC Wildfire Service is keeping an eye on several fires that have burned over…
Storm covers Sun Peaks village in blanket of hail
A passing storm dumped hail on the Sun Peaks village yesterday. It looked like Christmas…
Weekend wind, heat intensified wildfires north of Kamloops
Wildfires near Adams Lake in the Shuswap intensified and sent smoke plumes high into the…
iN PHOTOS: Farming for the climate future in BC
Tamara McPhail’s morning chore never changes, but the infinite variety of sounds and seasons makes…
Kamloops, Northern BC to see smoky skies
Kamloops is expected to get smoke from Central and Northern BC fires over the next…
iN PHOTOS: ‘Still our territory’: Annual canoe journey crosses border on Osoyoos Lake
For the 22nd year in a row, syilx Okanagan people took a canoe journey across…
South Okanagan developer slapped with $197K fine for faulty sewage
A developer behind a South Okanagan subdivision got hit with a $197,000 fine from the…
Canada’s new cruise ship rules don’t plug loopholes for major source of wastewater pollution
The federal government says some new cruise ship pollution measures are now mandatory, but environmental…
Life in a northern B.C. boomtown
The town of Kitimat, B.C., is folded into a forested valley, tucked back from where…
‘A public relations strategy’: Critics slam BC’s effort to boost transparency on logging
The B.C. government has announced changes to improve transparency around logging operations, but critics have…
Highway wildfire closure drives home B.C.’s need to think big about climate measures
British Columbia’s enormous effort to speed the partial reopening of Highway 4 on Vancouver Island…
BC rolls out rural transportation surveys but roadmap for action unclear
B.C. is examining long-standing roadblocks to intercity transportation for rural communities on Vancouver Island and…
‘This is how we live now’: B.C. families in the age of wildfires
Sayward, B.C., resident Shannon Briggs scrolls through family photos on her computer. She pauses to…
Salmon release into Columbia River Basin cornerstone for Shuswap Band
When we release a part of ourselves to someone, we tend to reconcile with our…
Heavy rain on its way to Kamloops, Okanagan
The southern Interior is expected to see thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon including heavy rain and strong…
Mining companies snapping up claims on Indigenous land in B.C. ignore consultation at own peril
Reconciliation isn’t the only thing threatened when mining exploration companies fail to get consent from…
Hackers targeted Canada’s gas infrastructure. How do renewables fit into cybersecurity?
News of pro-Russia hackers allegedly gaining access to Canada’s gas infrastructure brought cybersecurity concerns to…
‘Birders, not blockaders’ ask B.C. to protect old-growth to save marbled murrelets
Birders and biologists are banding together to urge the B.C. government to protect ancient forests…
Vehicle-free school zone? Some parents skeptical of Kamloops pilot project
Some parents are skeptical about a new Kamloops and school district pilot project which will…