Author Archives: James Peters
TNRD lifts evacuation order for 650+ Merritt-area properties, including Lower Nicola community
MERRITT, B.C. - Hundreds of residents whose properties surround the eastern edge of the Lytton Creek wildfire are on their way home today.Friday (Aug. 20), the Thompson-Nicola Regional District lifted...
Aug 20, 2021
Burnaby woman died in Thursday crash west of Kamloops: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a woman from Burnaby died in a head-on crash with a delivery truck just west of Kamloops Thursday (Aug. 19). In a news release, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cst. Crystal Evelyn says ...
Aug 20, 2021
RCMP unit raids Kamloops North Shore drug house, makes significant seizures
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP's Targeted Enforcement Unit (TEU) has taken down a suspected drug house on the North Shore. In a news release, spokesperson Cst. Crystal Evelyn says TEU members moved in o...
Aug 19, 2021 Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP
B.C. records 689 new COVID-19 cases; active caseload jumps by more than 400
VICTORIA - The province's health ministry is reporting another 689 cases of COVID-19 in B.C. Thursday (Aug. 19) as the prospect of a fourth wave looms. Among the new cases, 278 were found in Interior ...
Aug 19, 2021
Serious crash closes Trans Canada Highway west of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Emergency services are on scene of a very serious crash just west of Kamloops. Cst. Crystal Evelyn of Kamloops RCMP says it happened on the Trans Canada Highway near the New Afton mine, and...
Aug 19, 2021 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Dave Barry
Kamloops more than doubles weekly COVID-19 cases
KAMLOOPS - For the second week in a row, Kamloops has more than doubled its weekly COVID-19 cases.The latest Local Health Area map from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control between Aug. 8 to 14 shows 1...
Aug 18, 2021
Mother of Kamloops soldier killed in Afghanistan horrified at Taliban takeover
KAMLOOPS - Last week marked the 13th anniversary of Master Corporal Erin Doyle's death. He was killed in action in Afghanistan, defending an outpost just east of Kandahar on Aug. 11, 2008. Late last w...
Aug 18, 2021
District of Logan Lake hopes residents can return home 'within the next day or so'
KAMLOOPS - Logan Lake remains on evacuation order as of Wednesday (Aug. 18), although there could be some good news for residents soon.The district's latest update says its goal is to notify residents...
Aug 18, 2021
Kamloops' mass COVID-19 vaccine clinic relocating to Aberdeen Mall
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is downsizing its mass COVID-19 immunization clinic in Kamloops. Effecting Monday, Aug. 23, the mass immunization clinic will relocate from the Tournament Capital Centre to ...
Aug 18, 2021 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Coquihalla Highway re-opens, limited visibility remains due to smoke
KAMLOOPS - The Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt re-opened at noon on Tuesday (Aug. 17).DriveBC says there is still limited visibility due to smoke. Highway 5 was closed Sunday due to the Ju...
Aug 17, 2021
