Author Archives: James Peters
Non-essential travels restricted in the Okanagan region
KAMLOOPS - British Columbia has banned non-essential stays in hotels or campgrounds in the Okanagan region. "Very large numbers of people are evacuated in the Okanagan and we especially need more acco...
Aug 20, 2023
Travel ban in parts of B.C. disrupting tourism as raging wildfires burn
KELOWNA, B.C. - The central Okanagan is facing weeks without tourism during its peak season after British Columbia's premier imposed bans on travel to wildfire zones. David Eby says the decision was m...
Aug 20, 2023
Wildfires force ROOTSandBLUES festival to cancel
SALMON ARM, B.C.-After a night of world-class music, the Salmon Arm Folk Music Society (SAFMS) has called an end to the 31st annual ROOTSandBLUES festival as communities in the north and south Shuswap...
Aug 19, 2023
B.C. state of emergency helps rapid response to raging wildfires: Eby
British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government's decision to declare a provincial state of emergency allows authorities to rapidly access tools and implement measures to deal with the evolving...
Aug 19, 2023
The latest news on the wildfires ravaging British Columbia
A state of emergency remains in place today across British Columbia as threatening wildfires force thousands of residents to evacuate from homes in the Okanagan in the southern Interior and elsewhere ...
Aug 19, 2023
Eight more TNRD properties on evacuation order due to Ross Moore Lake wildfire
KAMLOOPS - Eight more properties within the Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) are now on evacuation order due to the 7,853-hectare Ross Moore Lake wildfire burning south of Kamloops.In a news r...
Aug 18, 2023
Village of Chase on evacuation alert, Scotch Creek Bridge closes as Adams Lake wildfire situation worsens
UPTADE (10:00 a.m.): The Columbia-Shuswap Regional District has added the Sorrento area under Evacuation Alert early this morning. Other Evacuation Orders and Alerts remain the same as they were last ...
Aug 18, 2023
'It was a devastating night:' McDougall Creek wildfire surges as thousands evacuated from West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA - Thousands have been evacuated from their homes and an unspecified number of properties lost as flames from the McDougall Creek wildfire continue to spread.Evacuation alerts and orders w...
Aug 18, 2023
Kamloops RCMP ask for help tracking down wanted Chase man
KAMLOOPS - RCMP would like your help tracking down a missing Chase man. Tylor Ross Jewett, 34, is wanted on a warrant out of Kamloops related to a driving offence from earlier in 2023. "A warrant was ...
Aug 17, 2023
North Shuswap, Adams Lake communities told to prepare for evacuation orders in the coming days
LEE CREEK, B.C. - The B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) is warning communities on alert due to the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire that they may be put on evacuation order as early as Thursday (Aug. 17).An ...
Aug 17, 2023
