Author Archives: Aaron Schulze
'You are supposed to be that rock': Rolling Barrage ride still working to break the stigma of PTSD in veterans
KAMLOOPS - In just under a month, a group of Canadian veterans will travel from coast to coast on their motorbikes, raising funds and awareness for PTSD with the seventh annual Rolling Barrage ride. T...
Jul 04, 2023
Fierce blaze damages several businesses, forces evacuation in downtown Vernon, B.C.
VERNON, B.C. - A restaurant, boutique, salon and costume shop are among the businesses believed to have been destroyed in an early morning fire in downtown Vernon, B.C. Flames broke out in the commerc...
Jul 04, 2023
Argos earn 45-24 home win over Lions to remain CFL's lone unbeaten club
TORONTO - Javon Leake had a 91-yard punt-return touchdown while Toronto's defence registered six interceptions as the Argonauts defeated the B.C. Lions 45-24 on Monday night to remain the CFL's lone u...
Jul 03, 2023
Evacuation alerts end for Kelowna, B.C., residents as wildfire under control
KELOWNA, B.C. - Evacuation alerts and a state of local emergency caused by a wildfire on Knox Mountain in Kelowna, B.C., have ended. A statement from the Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre s...
Jul 03, 2023
Smokey skies hanging over Kamloops - Cariboo region
KAMLOOPS - Smoke from distant wildfires in northern B.C. and Alberta have entered the Kamloops airshed. And it appears the smoke could hang around for a few days.Residents of the region, woke up to cl...
Jul 03, 2023
TNRD announces temporary closures of some recycling depots
KAMLOOPS - Some residents within the Thompson - Nicola Regional District (TNRD) who were looking to drop off their recyclables, will have to wait a few days.In a news release issued Monday (Jul. 3), t...
Jul 03, 2023
Village of Lytton marks second-year anniversary of wildfire, focuses on rebuilding
LYTTON, B.C. - The Village of Lytton is marking the second-year anniversary of the Lytton Creek wildfire Friday (June 30).In a news release, the village says a multi-denominational blessing event will...
Jun 30, 2023
B.C. must urgently change forest strategies or face more wildfire disasters: report
VICTORIA - British Columbia's independent forests watchdog is calling for the provincial government to make critical changes to how it manages forests to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. The...
Jun 30, 2023
911 overdose calls increase in B.C. as opioid crisis continues
KAMLOOPS - More than seven years after the opioid crisis was declared, B.C. Emergency Health Services are seeing an unprecedented increase in overdose calls. On June 21st, paramedics responded to 221 ...
Jun 29, 2023
Busy summer of events ahead at Sun Peaks Resort
SUN PEAKS, BC - Just because the snow is long gone doesn't mean Sun Peaks stops being a destination for tourists from near and far. "It's definitely changed,' Aaron Macdonald, Director of Marketing fo...
Jun 29, 2023
