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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2023 | Volume 36 No. 36
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Kamloops MP won’t offer his take on policy
Jan Nademlejnsky snapped this photo of the Ross Moore Lake wildfire from his motorized hang glider on Sept. 8.
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SCORCHED EARTH SOUTH OF KAMLOOPS KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK
The Ross Moore Lake wildfire south of Kamloops remains officially classified as out of control, but video of the area shows that it appears to be largely contained. Jan Nademlejnsky flew his motorized hang glider over the fire area on Saturday, Sept. 8, noting in a video that he saw three small areas with smouldering patches. With the mercury hitting 32.7 C on Sunday and 30.6 on Saturday, BC Wildfire Service crews observed tree candling at multiple points around
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the fire, which remains at about 11,000 hectares in size and moved to within 10 kilometres of Kamloops’ southern boundary. The fire was sparked by lightning and discovered on July 21. Environment Canada’s forecast for the Kamloops area calls for more heat as the week progresses, with sunshine and highs in the upper
20s expected through the coming weekend. Danger tree assessment and falling is ongoing to ensure safe working conditions for ground crews, with Mexican crews return to the fireline on Monday after days of rest. Evacuation orders and alerts remain in effect for some areas, with information online at tnrd.ca. In addition, an area restriction order is in place in the vicinity of the Ross Moore Lake wildfire. To date, only one structure, a recreation-type of building, has been reported as being damaged by the fire.
Kamloops-ThompsonCariboo (Conservative) MP Frank Caputo is refusing to comment on a controversial policy passed at a Conservative Party policy convention in Quebec City this past weekend — at least until the leader of his political party has first expressed his position. On Sept. 9, convention delegates voted in favour of a future Conservative government prohibiting “medicinal or surgical interventions” for transgender individuals under the age of 18. The motion, which originated in the North Okanagan-Shuswap riding, passed, with 69 per cent of members voting in favour. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is not obligated to include that policy, or any of the policies passed during the threeday conference, into an eventual
election platform. Poilievre did not hold media availability following the convention. Reached for comment as to his position on the policy to limit transgender health care for minors, Caputo, who attended the conference, initially told KTW he would not comment before Poilievre presented his stance on the issue. Doing so ahead of that would be “imprudent” of him, Caputo said. “I won’t have any comment on it until he addresses it because he is our leader,” Caputo said, noting Poilievre will ultimately decide on the Conservatives’ election strategy. However, later in the interview with KTW, Caputo cast doubt on whether he would, in fact, offer up his opinion at all, stating, “I’ll have to see. His [Poilievre] comment will probably be exactly what I have to say because he’s the leader.” See MP, A6
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