UPDATE: Fire near Nancy Greene Lake now "being held."
UPDATE: The BC Wildfire Service now identifies the Lamb Creek Fire as "being held" -- not likely to spread beyond its current size under current conditions. Original story: A wildfire discovered Sunday, August 6, is burning approximately one kilometre south of Highway 3 and the boundary of Nancy Greene Provincial Park, and ...
UPDATE: Castlegar wildfire currently at just over 2 hectares, considered contained, as of 6:15 p.m.
The Castlegar Fire Department continues to work on the Davidson Brook wildfire and made progress today. The fire is now expected to stay contained within a fire-guarded area. The fire was officially mapped today and is currently reported at just over 2 hectares. The Castlegar Fire Department has been supported by the Robson...
Stage 3 Outdoor Water Conservation Implemented for Beaver Valley Water Service Amid Drought Conditions
In response to the Lower Columbia Region's extreme drought level 4 – Extremely Dry, residents in the Beaver Valley Water Service are now under Stage 3 Outdoor Water Conservation measures. The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) and Village of Fruitvale have enacted these measures to promote responsible water usage...
Summer heat forcing reduction in permitted angling times
Anglers in the Kootenays are being asked to fish in the morning and early afternoon to protect fish from the effects of warm water later in the day. The ministry is reducing recreational fishing activities for several areas in the Kootenay region. From July 31 until Sept. 10, 2023, angling in these areas will be closed from...
Four Factors driving 2023’s extreme heat and climate disasters
By Michael Wysession, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis; first published in The Conversation Between the record-breaking global heat and extreme downpours, it’s hard to ignore that something unusual is going on with the weather in 2023....
Cranbrook RCMP Assist in Wildfire Evacuations and Rescue of Three-Legged the Dog
On July 17, at roughly 3 p.m., the RCMP in Cranbrook responded to an urgent call from the First Nations community of ?aq'am. The community was in immediate danger due to the rapidly spreading wildfire, believed to have been sparked by downed hydro lines. Upon receiving the alert, all available RCMP officers in Cranbrook, in...
COLUMN: Luxury is killing us -- Top 1% emit more carbon than rest of upper class
Too many people are consuming more than Earth’s systems can replenish. But while population growth is an important issue, overconsumption of energy and products is the more immediate and easily resolvable problem. The wealthy, including middle-class people in rich countries, are responsible for many times the climate-altering...
Stage Two Watering Restrictions for Rossland
Starting on Thursday, July 27, 2023, Rossland begins Stage Two watering restrictions. For what that means, see the City's press release below, and please bear in mind that Rossland's water supply depends on just three small creeks -- Topping, Hanna, and the South Fork of Murphy Creek -- and that with...
Province putting regulations in place to protect ecological reserves
What are "ecological reserves"? Ecological reserves are areas selected to preserve representative and special natural ecosystems, plant and animal species, features, and phenomena. Scientific research and educational purposes are the principal uses of ecological reserves. Ecological reserves are established for the: preservation...
COLUMN: Artifical Intelligence, Meet Natural Consciousness
The Fear A. I. is off the leash. Accept this as a given. The A.I. that has an off-switch, is not cause for alarm. But there are forms of A.I. which cannot be turned off now. Humans have set it at liberty, to roam the cybersphere, the electronic oceans saturating our global civilization. The 1 and the O, the One and the Void,...
