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B.C. seeks input on helping disaster evacuees ahead of wildfire season
VICTORIA - British Columbia is seeking public input on how it helps disaster evacuees, in the wake of the province's worst wildfire season on record. The Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate R...
Aaron Schulze Jan 04, 2024

While Sun Peaks hits its stride, valley bottoms face persistent drought concerns
KAMLOOPS - This past year was the driest and warmest year on record for Kamloops. According to Environment Canada's preliminary annual climate statistics for January to December 2023, Kamloops set rec...
Aaron Schulze Jan 03, 2024

2023 the driest and warmest year on record for Kamloops: Environment Canada
KAMLOOPS - 2023 was the driest and warmest year on record for Kamloops.According to Environment Canada's annual climate statistics for January to December 2023, the average temperature for Kamloops wa...
Aaron Schulze Jan 03, 2024

Kamloops property assessments decrease 2 per cent on average
KAMLOOPS - 2024 property assessment are in the mail, reflecting market value changes of residential homes as of July 1, 2023."Market movement is basically what people are willing to pay for a house an...
Aaron Schulze Jan 02, 2024

Meet King Ezekiel Sescon, the 2024 Royal Inland Hospital New Year's baby
KAMLOOPS - It didn't take long for the first baby of 2024 to arrive at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.Interior Health says King Ezekiel Sescon was born at 1:34 a.m. New Year's Day to Carlo Sescon a...
Aaron Schulze Jan 02, 2024

UPDATE: Missing man found safe
SALMON ARM, B.C.- UPDATE: Salmon Arm RCMP say the 28-year-old man reported missing on Dec. 27, 2023 has been found and is safe. (Please note: for privacy considerations any previous information pertai...
Aaron Schulze Jan 02, 2024

Powerful earthquakes leave at least 30 dead, destroy buildings along Japan's western coast
WAJIMA, Japan (AP) - A series of powerful earthquakes hit western Japan, leaving at least 30 people dead and damaging buildings, vehicles and boats, with officials warning people in some areas on Tues...
Aaron Schulze Jan 01, 2024

Canada's heated political conflict over carbon pricing will continue into 2024
OTTAWA - Canada's price on pollution is supposed to help battle global warming, but as it nears its fifth anniversary, nothing in Canadian politics is hotter. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has ...
James Peters Dec 31, 2023

More tragedies on Highway 5 prompt renewed safety calls from North Thompson leaders
KAMLOOPS - After two more fatal crashes on Highway 5 took the lives of four people on Thursday (Dec. 28), local leaders are - once again - demanding improvements on the road.The highway has been the s...
Aaron Schulze Dec 29, 2023

'We have to keep moving forward'; Pinantan Lake family lost everything in holiday long weekend fire
PINANTAN LAKE, B.C. - Fred Zenowski and his son James Smallman saw their lives changing in the matter of minutes on the night of December 23. They lost everything they owned when a fire burned down th...
Dec 28, 2023

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