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Wildfire grows near Lytton, B.C., 60-person crew joins fight says wildfire service
LYTTON, B.C. - A wildfire blazing just west of Lytton, B.C., has now scorched five square kilometres of trees and bush, more than doubling in size in less than 12 hours. BC Wildfire Service spokeswoma...
James Peters Jul 15, 2022

TNRD issues evacuation order as Nohomin Creek fire near Lytton grows
LYTTON, B.C. - UPDATE (5:50 a.m.): According to the BCWS dashboard online, the Nohomin Creek wildfire has grown to 500 hectares in size as of Friday (July 15) morning.Additionally, the TNRD issued a l...
Jul 14, 2022

Wildfire breaks out just west of Lytton
LYTTON, B.C. - UPDATE (4:35 p.m.): The B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) has confirmed that the fire ignited at 12:45 pm (July 14), and has now grown to 25 hectares.Rob Schweitzer, director, Fire Centre Op...
Jul 14, 2022

CP says train derailment in Kamloops is under investigation
KAMLOOPS - Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) says the derailment of one of its trains carrying grain in the Mission Flats area in Kamloops Wednesday afternoon (July 13) is under investigation.In a stateme...
Jul 14, 2022

Kamloops cyclist's widow turns to advocacy to cope with husband's death
KAMLOOPS - On June 30, Andrew van der Westhuizen passed away from injuries he sustained in a bike accident on May 11. Andrew spent seven weeks in the ICU at Vancouver General Hospital. He is survived ...
Aaron Schulze Jul 13, 2022

UPDATE: Kamloops boys located and safe
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (July 15): RCMP say the boys have been located and are safe.
James Peters Jul 13, 2022 Image Credit: CFJC Today

Rogers to credit customers with equivalent of five days of service for outage
TORONTO - Rogers Communications Inc. will compensate its customers for the massive outage that crippled its network last week by crediting them with the equivalent of five days of service as a first s...
Dave Barry Jul 13, 2022

House fire damages Aberdeen home late Tuesday afternoon
KAMLOOPS - A house fire heavily damaged an Aberdeen home Tuesday afternoon (July 12), as Kamloops Fire Rescue responded to the two-alarm blaze shortly before 4:00 pm. Assistant Chief Scott Karpiak tol...
Dave Barry Jul 12, 2022

While beef prices increase, B.C. ranchers see cattle prices fall
KAMLOOPS - Stats Canada reports the price of beef has increased more than 11 per cent year over year. Those numbers resulted in the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association calling for an investigation ...
Jul 12, 2022

After hot June, Kamloops construction sector on pace for second-busiest year ever
KAMLOOPS - It might not be record-setting territory, but the Kamloops building sector was on a torrid pace during the first half of 2022.New numbers from the City of Kamloops Building Inspection Divis...
Jul 12, 2022

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