Author Archives: Aaron Schulze
Evacuation order rescinded for 60 properties impacted by Sparks Lake wildfire
KAMLOOPS - Evacuation orders issued over a month ago (June 29 and 30, and July 4) have been downgraded to evacuation alerts.Late Saturday (Aug. 7), the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) partial...
Aug 08, 2021
White Rock Lake wildfire: evacuation order downgraded for 220 properties, all clear for 177
UPDATE: The City of Kamloops announced it has rescinded its evacuation alert for the neighbourhoods of Campbell Creek, Dallas, and Barnhartvale.EARLIER: KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional Distric...
Aug 07, 2021
Flat Lake wildfire: 100 Mile House lifts evacuation alert, Cariboo Regional District downgrades evacuation order
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The District of 100 Mile House lifted its evacuation alert related to the 60,739-hectare Flat Lake wildfire Saturday (Aug. 7) afternoon.In addition, the Cariboo Regional Distric...
Aug 07, 2021
White Rock Lake wildfire pushes toward Okanagan Lake in B.C. Interior: Fire service
VERNON, B.C. - British Columbia's wildfire service says an aggressive fire that's forced thousands out of their homes around a stretch of now-closed Highway 97 in the southern Interior has grown to an...
Aug 07, 2021
Two users at Canada Games Aquatic Centre test positive for COVID-19, contact tracing underway
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has informed the City of Kamloops that two individuals who attended the Canada Games Aquatic Centre at the Tournament Capital Centre (TCC) July 30 afternoon have tested...
Aug 07, 2021
George Petel confirmed as Liberals candidate in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding
KAMLOOPS - The Liberal Electoral District Association for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo announced the party's candidate for the next federal election.George Petel, a lawyer who was born in Kamloops and ra...
Aug 07, 2021
With 23 in Tokyo, Canada has its highest medal tally in non-boycotted Summer Games
TOKYO - The hot and muggy weather in Tokyo that wreaked havoc on athletes throughout the Games could not slow down or cool off Canada on the final full day of competition. But the inadvertent dip into...
Aug 07, 2021
Evacuation alert partially lifted near Canim Lake wildfire
WILLIAMS LAKE - Two evacuation alerts due to the 3,026-hectare Canim Lake wildfire were lifted by the Cariboo Regional District on Tuesday (Aug. 3).Portions of the Canim Lake alert areas northeast of ...
Aug 03, 2021
SD73's insurance provider for international students suffers cybersecurity breach
KAMLOOPS - School District No. 73 (SD73, Kamloops-Thompson) said it was notified that guard.me, the travel and medical insurance provider for its international student program, experienced a cybersecu...
Aug 01, 2021
B.C. wildfire count nears 250 but cooler temperatures, light rain bring some relief
VICTORIA - British Columbia is reporting a slight increase in the number of active wildfires but cooler temperatures and forecasts of rain could bring some relief. B.C.'s joint information centre repo...
Aug 01, 2021
