After historic wildfire year, City of Kamloops tackles mitigation work
The plan is to use grant funding and city funds to treat more than 23 hectares of high-risk interface land
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The plan is to use grant funding and city funds to treat more than 23 hectares of high-risk interface land
Funding will mean snow and ice will be removed faster from select sidewalks and bus stops, as the city will start clearing within 24 hours of the start of a snow storm, as opposed to 24 hours after the storm ends, which it has previously done
Administration justified the city’s pesticide use by piously invoking the city’s responsibility for invasive weed control. Does it matter that invasive species account for only 6.07 hectares out of a total of about 47.8 hectares sprayed by the city in 2020, or that most “weeds” sprayed by the city are dandelions and plantain, which aren’t on any invasive weed lists?
On Oct. 6, city council approved a new film permitting bylaw
From the closed council meeting report: "The vision of creating market and affordable rental housing through this purchase will support that objective. Shelter housing will be apart of that vision."