Author Archives: Aaron Schulze
Shetland Creek wildfire near Spences Bridge balloons to 5,000 hectares in size
UPDATE (10:00 a.m.): Cliff Chapman, the director of provincial operations with the BC Wildfire Service, confirmed during a news conference in Kamloops that the two wildfires near Spences Bridge merged...
Jul 18, 2024
A decade after Insite, drug policy landscape is still being shaped in B.C.
VANCOUVER - In 2021, the Vancouver-based Drug User Liberation Front approached Health Canada with a proposal. It wanted permission to buy heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine on the dark web, before ha...
Jul 18, 2024
Evacuation orders issued for Venables Valley, more Cook's Ferry reserves due to growing Spences Bridge-area fire
SPENCES BRIDGE, B.C. - The Thompson Nicola Regional District has issued its first major wildfire-related evacuation orders and alerts of the 2024 wildfire season, thanks to a roaring fire north of Spe...
Jul 17, 2024
BCWS crews contending with challenging terrain, hot and dry conditions for wildfires near Spences Bridge
SPENCES BRIDGE, B.C. - BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) crews assigned to the two out-of-control wildfires near Spences Bridge have been battling dry and hot conditions this week. The Shetland Creek wildfir...
Jul 17, 2024
No properties currently at risk as wildfires burn near Spences Bridge and Cook's Ferry
SPENCES BRIDGE, B.C. - The Thompson Regional District's Electoral Area 'I' has been battered by Mother Nature over the past three years. Beginning with the devastating Lytton wildfire in 2021, followe...
Jul 17, 2024
Thompson-Nicola Regional District, Simpcw ink agreement to represent burgeoning bond
CHU CHUA, B.C. - Simpcw and the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Protocol Agreement on Wednesday (July 17) in Chu Chua designed to represent the streng...
Jul 17, 2024
Searchers redouble efforts to locate Alberta man swept away in North Thompson River
KAMLOOPS - Searchers have not given up their desperate quest to locate an Alberta man who was swept away in the fast-flowing North Thompson River last week.Stan Cappis and a friend were enjoying the r...
Jul 17, 2024
Financial assistance opens for Savona residents deluged by long weekend flash flood
SAVONA, B.C. - Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) is now available for Savona residents who were soaked by flash flooding over Canada Day long weekend. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) sa...
Jul 17, 2024
Normal month of June for Kamloops building sector but year-to-date construction value still drastically up
KAMLOOPS - At the halfway point of 2024, the Kamloops building sector has seen more than double the construction value than the same timeframe last year. New numbers released by the City of Kamloops B...
Jul 17, 2024
Premiers wrapping up Council of the Federation summer meeting in Halifax
HALIFAX - Canada's premiers are wrapping up the summer meeting of the Council of the Federation today. The premiers of the 10 provinces and three territories have been in Halifax for their three-day g...
Jul 17, 2024
