Author Archives: James Peters
More than 200 wildfires burning as BC Wildfire Service says risk is high to extreme
More than two dozen wildfires sparked overnight across British Columbia and the BC Wildfire Service website shows nearly half are believed to have been caused by lightning. One of those blazes has alr...
Jul 8, 2021
UPDATE: Napier Lake-area residents can return home after brief evacuation
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (8:00 p.m.): The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has lifted the evacuation order for the Napier Lake area, but has kept the properties listed below on evacuation alert. That means ...
Jul 7, 2021 Napier Lake Fire (Image Credit: Bernie Hudyma)
Brief flare-up, heavy wind near Juniper-Valleyview fire site
KAMLOOPS - There were an anxious few moments for some Juniper Ridge and Valleyview residents Wednesday afternoon (July 7) after a very small holdover fire from Canada Day restarted briefly. The single...
Jul 7, 2021
Drought an early concern after heatwave, hay production reduced
KAMLOOPS - The President of the B.C. Cattlemen's Association says the recent heatwave that scorched the province has adversely affected rangeland, where cattle herds spend the summer. Kevin Boon says ...
Jul 7, 2021
Horgan acknowledges challenges around wildfires, no provincial state of emergency coming yet
KAMLOOPS - The Sparks Lake wildfire is now close to 40,000 hectares in size and has ranchers in the area concern about their properties and livestock. Many say they're protecting their properties with...
Jul 7, 2021
BCLC introduces Kamloops winner of $35 million Lotto Max jackpot
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops' newest multi-millionaire is Gary Hill. WATCH: (Video Credit: CFJC Today / Amandalina Letterio) B.C. Lotto Corporation introduced Hill as the co-winner of the $70 million jackpot f...
Jul 7, 2021
'Melted, incinerated' infrastructure found as wildfire damage rated in Lytton, B.C.
LYTTON, B.C. - A statement issued on behalf of the wildfire-ravaged Village of Lytton underscores the extreme challenges facing the Fraser Canyon community as its rebuilds. It says flames tore through...
Jul 7, 2021
Missing Kamloops man found dead; criminal activity not suspected
KAMLOOPS - The search for a missing Kamloops man has come to a sad end. In a news release, RCMP say the body of a man who went missing on June 28 was found Tuesday (July 6). Mark Foan had last been se...
Jul 7, 2021
B.C. Wildfire Service optimistic Sparks Lake wildfire restrictions could be reduced in coming days
KAMLOOPS - The incident commander for the Sparks Lake wildfire said progress is being made near Deadman Valley to Red Lake. During the Thompson-Nicola Regional District's (TNRD) wildfire update on Tue...
Jul 6, 2021
First Nations leader pledges action after rail service resumes by Lytton, B.C., area
LYTTON - One of two rail companies with routes through Lytton, B.C., says it has resumed service after a wildfire devastated the village last week, a move one First Nations leader says he's willing to...
Jul 6, 2021
