MAJOR FIRE IN KAMLOOPS- NOW THAT IS NEWS!
When I first heard about that fire, it was yesterday morning on canada.com. What began as a fire at McLure Lake has spread into Kamloops and north, threatening residents of Barriere and Kamloops. That is crazy. I'll have to go see what the remains look like when I'm back up there in a little while.
Meanwhile, down here in Port Alberni the biggest news story I've done recently is the 10-year anniversary of the Clayoquot Protests, and a gathering in Tofino. Luckly there hasn't been major forest fires here on the island yet, but I credit the ocean nearby and humid air for that. I sort of wish something this major would happen, only for the news coverage though. I mean, I'm working at a daily newspaper in a town with a whooping 20,000 people, and it's in the summertime. The news is a little hard to come by some days.
Sounds like the sights of that fire in Kamloops are compelling people to move in for some camera shots, like Mike and Silv, and I'd probably be doing the same if I were there. And with the winds kicking in, it sounds like it'll take a little more time to evaporate.
I'm covering a meeting between Weyerhaeuser and some laid off forestry workers down here on Tuesday, something a little more newsworthy than what I've done lately. 9 more work days until my job here is done, hopefully the fire in Kamloops will be finished by then.
Luckly, despite the fact that this is the worst year over the last five decades for forest fires in BC, the first casualty was just reported recently, having gotten burned from trying to put out a fire, surprise surprise.
When I first heard about that fire, it was yesterday morning on canada.com. What began as a fire at McLure Lake has spread into Kamloops and north, threatening residents of Barriere and Kamloops. That is crazy. I'll have to go see what the remains look like when I'm back up there in a little while.
Meanwhile, down here in Port Alberni the biggest news story I've done recently is the 10-year anniversary of the Clayoquot Protests, and a gathering in Tofino. Luckly there hasn't been major forest fires here on the island yet, but I credit the ocean nearby and humid air for that. I sort of wish something this major would happen, only for the news coverage though. I mean, I'm working at a daily newspaper in a town with a whooping 20,000 people, and it's in the summertime. The news is a little hard to come by some days.
Sounds like the sights of that fire in Kamloops are compelling people to move in for some camera shots, like Mike and Silv, and I'd probably be doing the same if I were there. And with the winds kicking in, it sounds like it'll take a little more time to evaporate.
I'm covering a meeting between Weyerhaeuser and some laid off forestry workers down here on Tuesday, something a little more newsworthy than what I've done lately. 9 more work days until my job here is done, hopefully the fire in Kamloops will be finished by then.
Luckly, despite the fact that this is the worst year over the last five decades for forest fires in BC, the first casualty was just reported recently, having gotten burned from trying to put out a fire, surprise surprise.
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