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Merritt rescinds evacuation alert, July Mountain and Lytton Creek wildfires no longer pose imminent risks
MERRITT - Residents in Merritt are no longer on evacuation alert.The city announced Saturday (Aug. 21) afternoon that the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) recommended rescinding the alert following favourab...
Aug 21, 2021
Another 153 properties impacted by Sparks Lake wildfire given all clear
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) rescinded an evacuation alert to all clear Saturday (Aug. 21) morning.The evacuation alert was lifted for 153 properties in the Bonaparte Platea...
Aug 21, 2021
Mask mandate, tighter restrictions return to entire Interior Health region due to accelerated COVID-19 spread
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is going backward in its public health restrictions after the re-accelerated spread of COVID-19.Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has announced masks are now mandat...
Aug 20, 2021
Logan Lake residents receive emotional welcome home after week-long evacuation
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - More than 2,000 Logan Lake residents are heading home after they were forced to flee the raging Tremont Creek wildfire.The evacuation order was put out last Thursday (Aug. 12) when ...
Aug 19, 2021
Serious crash closes Trans Canada Highway west of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Emergency services are on scene of a very serious crash just west of Kamloops. Cst. Crystal Evelyn of Kamloops RCMP says it happened on the Trans Canada Highway near the New Afton mine, and...
Aug 19, 2021 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Dave Barry
Logan Lake evacuation order lifted, residents to return home
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - One week after residents were forced to flee a raging wildfire, the people of Logan Lake are on their way home.The district's website says the evacuation order put in place Aug. 12 ...
Aug 19, 2021
Mother of Kamloops soldier killed in Afghanistan horrified at Taliban takeover
KAMLOOPS - Last week marked the 13th anniversary of Master Corporal Erin Doyle's death. He was killed in action in Afghanistan, defending an outpost just east of Kandahar on Aug. 11, 2008. Late last w...
Aug 18, 2021
Cherry Creek residents head home as evacuation order lifted for 166 properties
KAMLOOPS - The rain and cooler temperatures are having a big positive impact for residents of Cherry Creek.The Thompson-Nicola Regional District announced late Tuesday (Aug. 17) that an evacuation ord...
Aug 17, 2021
Rainfall calms Thompson region wildfires
KAMLOOPS - Four major fires surrounding Kamloops have calmed after significant rainfall in the northern Interior region on Monday and overnight into Tuesday (Aug. 17) morning."What we saw overnight wa...
Aug 17, 2021
Kamloops lifts evacuation alert for Iron Mask, Pineview Valley, Versatile Industrial Park
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops lifted the evacuation alert for the neighbourhoods of Iron Mask, Pineview Valley and Versatile Industrial Park.Based on recommendation from B.C. Wildfire Service, the C...
Aug 17, 2021
