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Wildfire roundup: What you need to know about blazes burning across Canada
Hundreds of wildfires are burning across Canada, prompting widespread evacuations and blanketing cities in smoke. Here's a look at developments Wednesday: Ontarians urged not to start campfires As smo...
Jun 07, 2023
Campfires banned in Kamloops, Cariboo regions as of Thursday
KAMLOOPS - The province is banning campfires in both the Kamloops and Cariboo Fire Centres as of this Thursday (June 8).In a news release, the province says Category 1 fires will join Category 2 and 3...
Jun 06, 2023
VIDEO: Fire breaks out at Valleyview recycling plant
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (12:45 p.m.): Kamloops Fire Rescue says the fire has been contained.12:45pm Update: Fire now contained to recycling materials outside the facility; however, full extinguishment will ...
Jun 06, 2023
Teck Resources receives indications of interest for steelmaking coal business
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. says it has received a number of indications of interest regarding potential transactions involving the company's steelmaking coal business as it works to split the ope...
Jun 06, 2023
Kamloops restaurants reap the rewards of Memorial Cup
KAMLOOPS - With the Memorial Cup now in the rearview mirror, businesses throughout the community are settling back down from a wild 10 days of sales. Restaurants and bars did especially well during th...
Jun 05, 2023
RCMP renew call for information into shooting of 17 feral horses near Walhachin
WALHACHIN, B.C. - The RCMP's Livestock Section is renewing its appeal for information into the suspicious deaths of 17 Skeetchestn traditional horses near Walhachin.In a news release issued Monday (Ju...
Jun 05, 2023
Serious vehicle accident closes Highway 1 in Valleyview
UPDATE (7:30 a.m.): DriveBC says the Trans Canada Highway in Valleyview has fully reopened.UPDATE (7 a.m.): DriveBC says a vehicle recovery is underway on the Trans Canada Highway in Valleyview, and t...
Jun 05, 2023
Quebec blanks Seattle 5-0 to win first Memorial Cup since 2006
KAMLOOPS - The Memorial Cup Final in Kamloops Sunday afternoon pit the WHL Champion Seattle Thunderbirds against the QMJHL Champ Quebec Remparts. For Seattle, they were in pursuit of their first Mem C...
Jun 04, 2023
'I don't even know how they get a license': near miss involving semi-truck near Clearwater under investigation
CLEARWATER, B.C. - A close call involving a commercial truck driver near Clearwater Friday (June 2) at around 7 p.m. is under investigation. Dash camera footage captured by Kathy Braaten, a long-time ...
Jun 04, 2023
June means trouble for B.C. wildfires with hot, dry forecast set to compound drought
Underlying drought, unseasonably warm temperatures last month and hot, dry conditions in the June forecast mean "the table has been set" for significant wildfire activity this summer, an official with...
Jun 04, 2023
