Author Archives: Aaron Schulze
Property insurers update risk modelling as Canada braces for climate impacts
VANCOUVER - The estimated $78 million in insured property damage from the wildfire that devastated the community of Lytton, B.C., in June is a fraction of the rising costs of disasters fuelled by clim...
Aug 15, 2021
Logan Lake loses power, Highland Valley mine no longer on evacuation order
KAMLOOPS - The District of Logan Lake announced in its Aug. 14 evacuation update it has lost power as the Tremont Creek wildfire moved slowly towards the community. The district states winds are light...
Aug 14, 2021
TNRD reports 29 properties near Monte Lake lost due to White Rock Lake wildfire
KAMLOOPS - A portion of the damage caused by the White Rock Lake wildfire is being discovered. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) is reporting that 28 primary residences and one commercial s...
Aug 14, 2021
Volunteer fire brigade forms in Knutsford, funding an immediate obstacle
KAMLOOPS - Following the Canada Day lightning strikes that gave Kamloops and area residents a wildfire scare, a group from Knutsford is attempting to take their fire fate in their own hands. The Knuts...
Aug 11, 2021
Two stolen mountain bikes recovered by RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Two high-end mountain bikes stolen late last week were recovered by the Kamloops RCMP during two separate occurrences. Thursday (Aug. 5) morning, an officer on the 600-block of Seymour Stre...
Aug 11, 2021
B.C. reports 1,079 new COVID-19 cases, 587 of them in Interior Health
KAMLOOPS - According to the latest update from health officials, Interior Health accounted for more than half of B.C.'s new COVID-19 cases over a three-day period.Between Aug. 6 and 9, the province is...
Aug 09, 2021
B.C. government drops second dose interval to 28 days
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. government officially reduced the interval between a first and second dose of COVID-19 vaccine from 49 days to 28.Health Minister Adrian Dix stated on Monday (Aug. 9) that it will ...
Aug 09, 2021
B.C. Transit free for children 12 and under starting September
VICTORIA - Bus fares are being lifted for children 12 and under in British Columbia this fall.The B.C. government announced that starting Sept. 1, children can board B.C. Transit for free. Families th...
Aug 09, 2021
Despite Delta, Canada welcomes back fully vaxxed U.S. citizens, permanent residents
WASHINGTON - Canada is once again allowing U.S. citizens and permanent residents back into the country, provided they've been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. After 17 long months, a ban on non-esse...
Aug 09, 2021
Weather stalls significant growth at White Rock Lake fire: BC Wildfire Service
VERNON, B.C. - British Columbia's wildfire service says showers brought some relief and stalled significant overnight growth at a fire that's forced thousands out of their homes in the southern interi...
Aug 08, 2021
