Kamloops and Area

Cantilever Bar Fire
Lytton-area fire eclipses 1,000ha
LYTTON, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service says the Cantilever Bar wildfire south of Lytton is now more than 1,000 hectares in size.In an update to its website, the service says the fire - which sparked Monday (July 28) about 10 kilometres south of the community - is now mapped at 1,040 hectares.The service attributes the ...
1h ago
Read More
Toxic Drugs
Pace of drug deaths in Kamloops picked up over the past two months: BC Coroners Service
VICTORIA - The pace of drug overdose deaths has picked up in Kamloops, but the province says at the halfway point in 2025, the city is still trending well behind last year's pace. New numbers from the BC Coroners Service show 30 deaths attributed to drug toxicity in Kamloops through the first six months of the year. Th...
5h ago
Read More
Heffley Creek wildfires
BCWS ground and air crews attacking pair of wildfires near Heffley Creek
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service says one of two wildfires burning in the Heffley Creek area north of Kamloops has grown to nearly five hectares in size.Information Officer Taylor Stewart-Shantz says there was a bit of growth on the Lyons Creek fire, which is located between Lyons Lake and Heffley-Louis Creek Road.&q...
6h ago
Read More
Wildfire Evacuations
Lytton First Nation issues evacuation order due to Cantilever Bar fire
LYTTON, B.C. - The Lytton First Nation has issued an evacuation order for two of its reserves due to the Cantilever Bar wildfire. The order, which was issued Thursday (July 31) morning, covers the 26 Skwayaynope and 26A Lytton reserves on the western bank of the Fraser River. "This wildfire is a threat to life &am...
7h ago
Read More