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NOVEMBER 3, 2016 | Volume 29 No. 133
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‘How can we work together?’ October was Tk’emlups Indian Band hoping to partner with city hall to help protect archeological sites during development in ‘high-value’Thompson River valley ANDREA KLASSEN
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he Tk’emlups Indian Band is looking to the City of Kamloops to help it protect archeological sites spanning thousands of years of history along the river valley. At a community-to-community forum held between the two governments this week, TIB Coun. Jeanette Jules said she’s concerned about developments in the Dallas area, which are taking place without archeological oversight from the band. Jules said the area is home to nearly 70 known architectural sites, including an historic village which could be damaged by development. The valley is also considered a “high potential” site in general, meaning it’s likely developers could turn up new archeological finds. Jules said she wants the
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The Tk’emlups Indian Band hopes to see potential archeological sites, like this one near the shore of the South Thompson River, protected during development in and around Kamloops.
band and city to work together to let developers know about their responsibilities under provincial law and ensure the TIB is notified of
projects in sensitive areas. “It’s not that we want to stop people from doing things,” Jules said. “It’s that there are some areas and how
can we work together to make sure these things are taken care of?” See OFFICIALS, A11
warm and wet CAM FORTEMS STAFF REPORTER cam@kamloopsthisweek.com
October was soggy and warm but forecasters don’t know if that’s going to be the trend over the winter. Last month, the city saw 42.4 millimetres of rain, more than double the average for the month. “It’s the sixth-wettest October on record for Kamloops,” said Environment Canada meteorologist Mat MacDonald. The federal weather agency recorded rain on 15 days during the month, up from the normal nine. “It rained a lot and often. It was a very stormy month across B.C.” The average temperature for October was 9.5 C, up one degree from the long-term average. There were two days of frost measured at Kamloops Airport, compared to the average of six. Forecasters initially believed this winter would be influenced by the La Nina phenomenon in the southern hemisphere. That typically brings cold and snowy winters in B.C. MacDonald said the signals forecasters use to declare the phenomenon have since weakened. That has clouded the outlook and made predictions about this winter’s weather more uncertain. “The indices aren’t very strong,” MacDonald said. “Last winter, all the models were in agreement it would be a record strong El Nino.” The El Nino pattern brings warm and wet weather to the Interior. The short-term forecast has temperatures remaining in what MacDonald called “balmy” zone until at least the middle of November.
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