Author Archives: James Peters

Residents of 53 Lytton-area properties to return home Tuesday as evacuation order downgraded
LYTTON, B.C. - Residents of more than 50 properties north of Lytton will be able to go back home Tuesday (July 20). Monday evening, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District announced an evacuation order ...
James Peters Jul 19, 2021 Image Credit: B.C. Wildfire Service

TNRD evacuates seven properties near Heffley Lake as Embleton Mountain fire shifts south
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Wildfire Service says an unexpected wind shift has played havoc with the Embleton Mountain wildfire near Whitecroft, leading to another evacuation. Late Monday night (July 19), the...
James Peters Jul 19, 2021

TNRD evacuates 28 more properties near Westwold due to growing White Rock Lake fire
WESTWOLD, B.C. - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has issued a new evacuation order for 28 properties in the Westwold area, in the proximity of the White Rock Lake fire. Residents of the followin...
James Peters Jul 19, 2021

Second-dose COVID-19 vaccination rate surpasses 50% for eligible British Columbians
VICTORIA - More than half of eligible British Columbians are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19.New data released by the province's Ministry of Health Monday (July 19) shows a 53.2 per cent second-...
James Peters Jul 19, 2021

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James Peters Jul 19, 2021 Image Credit: Dreamstime.com / Sakuragirin

COVID-19 vaccinations resume in 100 Mile House
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - While 100 Mile House remains on evacuation alert due to the nearby Flat Lake wildfire, Interior Health (IH) is renewing its effort to get the community vaccinated against COVID-...
James Peters Jul 19, 2021

Ticket issued for Highway 5A fire south of Kamloops Saturday
KAMLOOPS - A man received a ticket under the Wildfire Act following a ditch fire near Running Horse Ranch Road Saturday (July 17) afternoon.Kamloops Fire Rescue was soaking a grassy area when police a...
James Peters Jul 19, 2021

RCMP believe F-150 pickup may have caused multiple fires near Merritt Sunday night
MERRITT, B.C. - The Merritt RCMP are investigating after seven fires sparked Sunday night (July 18) along Highway 8.The Merritt Fire Department, Lower Nicola Fire Department and B.C. Wildfire Service ...
James Peters Jul 19, 2021

B.C. helicopter skiing pioneer Mike Wiegele dies
BLUE RIVER, B.C. - A pioneer in B.C.'s adventure tourism field has died.According to Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing, the tourism operator's founder and namesake has passed away.In a social media post ...
James Peters Jul 16, 2021

PETERS: B.C. State of Emergency needed for both practical and symbolic reasons
IT MIGHT BE STUBBORNNESS, it might be ignorance, or it might be embarrassment that is preventing politicians from declaring a provincial State of Emergency in B.C., but it is certainly not the logisti...
James Peters Jul 16, 2021

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