Author Archives: James Peters
Weekend for Kamloops RCMP includes stolen vehicle, assault, firearms and drugs
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP responded to approximately 363 calls for service from midnight on Friday, Aug. 27, to 9:00 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Below are some highlights from those calls.Man struck...
Sep 01, 2021
Former Kamloops councillor Tom Wallace dies
KAMLOOPS - A former Kamloops community builder has died. Tom Wallace passed away last week at the age of 95. Prior to Kamloops amalgamation, Wallace served as a town councillor in Valleyview. After th...
Aug 31, 2021
TNRD lifts final evacuation orders near Tremont Creek, Sparks Lake fires
KAMLOOPS - The last evacuation orders related to the Tremont Creek and Sparks Lake wildfires west and north of Kamloops have been lifted. In a news release issued Thursday morning (Aug. 26), the Thomp...
Aug 26, 2021
Drought conditions around Merritt steady at Level 4
MERRITT, B.C. - Drought levels around Merritt have been at Level 4 since July 21, and as of the latest report from the River Forecast Centre both the Nicola and Coldwater basins remain at Level 4. Dro...
Aug 25, 2021
RCMP find pair of suspected looters in fire-scorched Lytton
LYTTON, B.C. - UPDATE: RCMP contacted CFJC Today to reiterate that it is very unusual to find unwanted people within evacuated communities and looting is not widespread or even common.EARLIER: RCMP ar...
Aug 25, 2021
Highway 12 from Lytton to Lillooet re-opens after wildfire shutdown
LYTTON, B.C. - Nearly two months after a wildfire ravaged the village, Highway 12 from Lytton to Lillooet is now open.The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure says people travelling through t...
Aug 25, 2021
Alternate route approved for Trans Mountain south of Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - Last month, the Canada Energy Regulator approved a new route for the Trans Mountain pipeline to the south of Merritt.The previous route had been challenged by the Coldwater Indian Band...
Aug 25, 2021
Two in custody after break-in and abduction in Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM, B.C. - A man is recovering in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after an alleged abduction north of Salmon Arm.RCMP responded Monday (Aug. 23) at 5:45 p.m. after a man was report...
Aug 24, 2021
Liberal party names First Nations lawyer as Kamloops-area candidate
KAMLOOPS - The Liberal party has selected lawyer Jesse McCormick as its candidate for the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo region in the Sept. 20 federal election.McCormick stepped in after the party's origi...
Aug 24, 2021
Crews fighting wildfires in B.C. aided by cooler and unseasonably low temperatures
VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says cooler and below seasonal average temperatures have helped crews fight the blazes. Fire information officer Taylor Colman says crews are seeing between three a...
Aug 24, 2021
