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Highway 1 reopens between Boston Bar and Lytton
LYTTON, B.C. - The Trans Canada Highway through the Fraser Canyon reopened to the public Tuesday (Aug. 29) morning.In a news release, B.C.'s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure says its cont...
Aug 29, 2023
Wildfire crews in B.C.'s Shuswap hope for rain as longer nights aid battle
Crews battling a destructive wildfire in British Columbia's Shuswap region are hoping for help from rain that could begin falling in the area tonight. Mike McCulley, an information officer with the BC...
Aug 29, 2023
CSRD to inform North Shuswap residents about property status
KAMLOOPS - On Monday (August 28) the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) began a devastating process - calling every owner that had their property damaged by the Bush Creek East wildfire. The bl...
Aug 28, 2023
Okanagan transitions to fire recovery, as tally of burned properties hits 189
KELOWNA - Officials say the number of properties around Lake Okanagan destroyed or suffering significant wildfire damage has increased to 189, up from 181, as the region in B.C.'s southern Interior mo...
Aug 28, 2023
Bush Creek East: Evacuation Order partially rescinded to Alert
KAMLOOPS - An Evacuation Order has been revised by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) and has been partially rescinded. Since last night (Aug. 26), Turtle Valley h...
Aug 27, 2023
Bush Creek East: Increase in fire behaviour with rising temperature
KAMLOOPS - Fire behaviour within the Bush Creek East wildfire is expected to increase with rising temperatures according to the latest update from the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS). Active fire spots wil...
Aug 26, 2023
Big send-off for Costa Rican firefighters leaving Knutsford
KNUTSFORD- Mucho gracias and thank you was the motto for Knutsford residents on Thursday evening. In awe of the firefighting efforts in their community, Knutsford residents held a pizza party send-off...
Aug 25, 2023
131 structures lost in Shuswap as a result of Bush Creek East wildfire
KAMLOOPS - The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) says the Bush Creek East fire that swept through the Shuswap last weekend, destroyed 131 structures and damaged another 37. The figures are con...
Aug 25, 2023
17 years later, new hope for family of missing Kamloops woman
KAMLOOPS- It's been 17 years since Kamloops' Jessie Foster got on a plane and never returned home. Nearly two decades later Jessie's family is still looking for answers, but the recent arrest of an al...
Aug 24, 2023
No arrests made from Highway 1 roadblock near Sorrento
SORRENTO, B.C. - No arrests were made, and no charges are expected after a confrontation at a roadblock on Highway 1 in the Shuswap Wednesday (Aug. 23) evening.In a news release, RCMP say its Chase de...
Aug 24, 2023
