Author Archives: Aaron Schulze
Despite hot and dry conditions, BC Wildfire reports lower than average area burned
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Fire Centre saw more than 170 lightning caused wildfires in the month of August. And while conditions have been ripe for wildfires to burn out of control, the BC Wildfire Servi...
Sep 01, 2022
Kamloops man arrested after alleged Lower Sahali break-in
KAMLOOPS - A 28-year-old Kamloops man was arrested following an alleged break-in in Lower Sahali Wednesday (Aug. 31) morning.In a news release issued Thursday (Sept. 1), Kamloops RCMP says a security ...
Sep 01, 2022
KFR rescues injured man from Guerin Creek
KAMLOOPS - A man with an injured leg was rescued from Guerin Creek Wednesday (Aug. 31) afternoon.Kamloops RCMP told CFJC Today officers attended Guerin Creek Way for a well-being check and heard screa...
Sep 01, 2022
Duclos to make vaccine announcement as Health Canada reviews Omicron booster
OTTAWA - Health officials are expected to make an announcement on the ongoing fight against COVID-19 today as provincial health systems eagerly await the approval of a vaccine that targets the Omicron...
Sep 01, 2022
'I'm confident we will see progress'; Overdose Awareness Day in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The overdose crisis unrelentingly takes lives around the world, while at home in British Columbia, the death toll has surpassed 10,000 since 2016, with 1,327 being Indigenous.Wednesday (Aug...
Aug 31, 2022
KFR crews knock down grassfire between Hillside Drive and Cariboo Place
KAMLOOPS - Traffic was delayed on Hillside Drive as Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) firefighters battled a fire in the area.Around 11:15 Wednesday morning an interface fire was reported to Kamloops Fire Re...
Aug 31, 2022
Grassfire developing in lower Aberdeen, residents asked to avoid Hillside Drive
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents are asked to avoid the Hillside Drive area from Notre Dame Drive to Hillside Way due to a grassfire along the hillside of Cariboo Place Industrial Park.Kamloops Fire Resc...
Aug 31, 2022
Kamloops Councillor Denis Walsh announces he won't seek re-election in 2022
KAMLOOPS - The ninth and final member of Kamloops' current council announced his intentions ahead of the 2022 municipal election.During Tuesday's (Aug. 30) meeting, Councillor Denis Walsh announced he...
Aug 31, 2022
Small plane crashes into Merritt airport
MERRITT, B.C. - A small airplane crash at the Merritt Airport led to one man sustaining non-life threatening injuries.Cst. Jon Puterbough with the Merritt RCMP says the lone individual got caught in a...
Aug 31, 2022
Motorcyclist dies after colliding with van on Highway 1 west of Kamloops
UPDATE (9 a.m.): BC Highway Patrol confirms a motorcyclist - a man in his 80s from the Kamloops area - died after colliding with a van. According to Highway Patrol, a van towing a trailer entered High...
Aug 31, 2022
