Yearly Archives: 2024

Category 3 fire prohibitions to start in Kamloops Fire Centre   The Village of Lumby is located within the Kamloops Fire Centre.KAMLOOPS – Effective at 12:00 pm (noon) on May 3, 2024, Category 3 open fires will be prohibited throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre. This prohibition is being enacted to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety.   This prohibition will remain in effect until 12:00 (noon) PDT on Oct. 11, 2024, or until the order is rescinded. Anyone conducting Category 3 open fires within the Kamloops Fire Centre’s jurisdiction must extinguish those fires by the noon,…

The Village of Lumby is committed to climate action leadership.  We’re proud to have attained recognition for our efforts multiple times from provincial and municipal programs.  From 2017 to 2022, The Village of Lumby has been awarded Level 4 recognition for carbon neutral in its corporate operations.  This is in fulfillment of our commitment to BC’ s Climate Action Charter.  A joint Provincial - UBCM Green Communities Committee (GCC) has previously recognized the Village of Lumby for achieving Level 1, 2 and 3.  The four levels in this program are: Level 1 – Demonstrating Progress on Charter Commitments Level…

Please be advised that, as part of maintenance of the Village of Lumby Wastewater Treatment Facility, Lagoon #1 will be put offline, drained and cleaned. As a result, residents may detect an abnormally strong odour resulting of the maintenance. The work is to scheduled to last from April 2 – April 12, 2024. Continued operations of the wastewater system will not be affected. The Village of Lumby apologizes for any inconvenience that may arise.

Special Public Avalanche Warning for BC and Western Alberta Backcountry - EXTENDED until March 7 Mar 5, 2024. The Special Public Avalanche Warning issued last week and that was supposed to expire today, has been extended until Mar 7. Feb 29, 2024, Revelstoke BC: Avalanche Canada, in partnership with Parks Canada, Kananaskis Country, and the Province of BC is issuing a Special Public Avalanche Warning for recreational backcountry users across most of BC’s and Alberta’s forecast regions. This special warning is in effect immediately and will apply through the end of Monday, March 4. Recent storms have deposited…