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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
December 10, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the second week of December 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.
Changing behaviour key to preventing destruction of homes by wildfire: Okanagan study
December 07, 2024 - 7:00 PM

A study on the wildfires in the Okanagan in 2023 emphasizes ember resilience as a shared responsibility between homeowners and local governments.
Grinch cuts, steals blue spruce off family property in Kamloops
December 04, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Apparently people will do just about anything to get a real Christmas tree — even cutting it down from their neighbours.
iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
April 30, 2024 - 12:05 PM

Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the last week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.
iN VIDEO: Man sets fire outside Kamloops business and then walks away
April 09, 2024 - 6:00 AM

A Kamloops business owner is lucky only trees were damaged after a man spent hours on the Valleyview property before walking away from a fire.
Expect patchy spring wildflowers in areas burned by wildfire in Okanagan
March 24, 2024 - 8:00 AM

Spring in the valley is often accompanied by a yellow sea of Okanagan sunflowers. But after the devastating wildfires last summer, can residents expect to see the return of some of the regions most recognizable wildflowers?
Kamloops area First Nation has message in wake of devastating wildfire
December 03, 2023 - 6:00 AM

When he was a boy, Ron Tomma would leave after breakfast to run freely with his brother through their ancestral territory.
iN PHOTOS: Burnt wood, rusting steel create unique fire-resistant home in South Okanagan
August 03, 2023 - 7:00 AM
iNhome

It has been 20 years since wildfire tore through Okanagan Mountain Park, leaving a bare, fire-ravaged ridge south of the park.
Good season for South Okanagan gardener's unique pawpaw fruit
July 30, 2023 - 7:00 AM
iNhome

An arborist and topiary artist in the south Okanagan has two unique trees growing on his property that continue to pique the curiosity of others.
Why all those trees in Kamloops, Okanagan parks are shedding their bark
July 23, 2023 - 7:00 AM

If you’re out enjoying the city parks in the Thompson Okanagan in the summer you might see trees with large pieces of bark peeling off, leaving the limbs bare and landing in piles on the ground, but it doesn’t mean the tree isn’t healthy.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of January 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

$5M in provincial funding to protect Okanagan’s tree fruit from extreme weather
The Okanagan tree fruit industry was hit hard by extreme weather last year and the provincial government is providing $5 million to help orchardists prepare for future extreme cold weather events. The $5 million Tree Fruit Climate Resilienc

UBCO researchers determine how many tokes from a joint equal a bong hit
Seven years after Canada legalized cannabis there is still no reliable way for aspiring stoners to find out the effects of different methods for getting high, and University of British Columbia Okanagan scientists are trying to fix that. Re

Kamloops mayor says 'deportations' could risk housing market
Kamloops is one of many BC cities badly squeezed for housing, but its mayor suggested too much supply in the rental pool could collapse the real estate market. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson made the surprising suggestion that impending "dep

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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say

Changing behaviour key to preventing destruction of homes by wildfire: Okanagan study

Grinch cuts, steals blue spruce off family property in Kamloops

iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say

iN VIDEO: Man sets fire outside Kamloops business and then walks away

Expect patchy spring wildflowers in areas burned by wildfire in Okanagan

Kamloops area First Nation has message in wake of devastating wildfire

iN PHOTOS: Burnt wood, rusting steel create unique fire-resistant home in South Okanagan

Good season for South Okanagan gardener's unique pawpaw fruit

Why all those trees in Kamloops, Okanagan parks are shedding their bark

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