Author Archives: James Peters

LYTTON, B.C. - New aerial mapping of the Nohomin Creek wildfire near Lytton confirms the blaze has now consumed more than 2,000 hectares of forest.The B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) says Monday's mappin...

LYTTON, B.C. - As of Sunday (July 17) evening, the Nohomin Creek wildfire is mapped at 1,706 hectares and remains out of control.In an update from the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS), the fire's western ...

MERRITT, B.C. - Late Sunday (July 17) night thunderstorms caused further issues on Highway 8 between Merritt and Spences Bridge.According to DriveBC, a mudslide between Dot Ranch Cut-Off Road West and...

LYTTON, B.C. - The acting chief of the Lytton First Nation says about 30 evacuees briefly returned home in an effort to salvage food they left behind in freezers when a wildfire broke out Thursday nea...

LYTTON, B.C. - British Columbia's Wildfire Service says it is bringing in another 21-person unit crew to help fight a wildfire that broke out Thursday nearly two kilometres northwest of Lytton on the ...

KAMLOOPS - "I can tell you policing, much like some of our other emergency services, are careers that will change you for life. You will carry things. It's how we deal with it that is going to be impo...

OTTAWA - Cathy Legere saw firsthand the conditions that elder residents of long-term care were enduring, and the intense pressure that personal care staff were under, in the early days of the COVID-19...

LYTTON, B.C. - A wildfire burning less than two kilometres from Lytton, B.C. has ballooned to 1,500 hectares in size and destroyed at least six residential structures, according to local First Nation ...

A ginger ride from the Knutsford Community Center becomes an exhilarating gravel trek down the Jackson Road loop, with an interesting historical stop just out of the way the way. Then, it's a thrillin...