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Residents help fire crews suppress Sahali grass fire
KAMLOOPS - Fire crews and Sahali residents combined to prevent a grass fire from doing serious damage near Sahali Secondary School last night. Platoon captain Daryl Cooper says they were called out ar...
Jun 03, 2019 Image Credit: Nathan Ritchie
Two of three small fires near Savona extinguished
KAMLOOPS - Three fires that popped up in the Savona area after a storm rolled through on Thursday are almost completely extinguished. B.C. Wildfire Information Officer Taylor MacDonald says lightning ...
Jun 01, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed / Crissy Felker
Lumber truck crash temporarily closes Highway 5A
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: The highway is now partially open.EARLIER: Highway 5A is closed Friday afternoon after lumber truck crash. According to Drive BC, the crash happened near Beresford Road and Separati...
May 31, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed / Ethan Milobar
VIDEO: Lightning-caused Kamloops Lake fires 'out of control' but still small
KAMLOOPS - A series of fires that popped up Thursday on the north side of Kamloops Lake are classified 'out of control' by the B.C. Wildfire Service. However, Fire Information Officer Hannah Swift say...
May 31, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed / Crissy Felker
MPs demand more help as mental-health issues approach 'crisis' on Canada's farms
OTTAWA - Lawmakers are calling on the federal government to better support farmers who they say are especially vulnerable to mental-health issues like stress, depression and suicidal thoughts. In a ne...
May 30, 2019
Week of hazy heat expected for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Hot and smoky conditions are set to dominate Kamloops and the Interior this week, but that combination won't last. Environment Canada Meteorologist Doug Lundquist says a hot, dry ridge blow...
May 29, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Police looking for man who may have jumped from Overlanders Bridge
KAMLOOPS - A search of the river last night by police and fire crews has failed to turn up any sign of a possible person jumping off the Overlanders Bridge. In a news release, Staff Sergeant Michel Gr...
May 29, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Driver caught going 240 km/h on the Coquihalla: RCMP
MERRITT, B.C. - A driver going twice the speed limit on the Coquihalla claims there was a problem with the accelerator in his car. RCMP say in a news release that the driver was stopped on May 12 sout...
May 27, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops RCMP investigating home invasion
KAMLOOPS - Police are looking for suspects, and any information, after an early morning home invasion. In a release today (May 26), Kamloops RCMP say officers arrived at home in the 600 block of Carso...
May 26, 2019
'Let's get this pipeline built' : Kamloops mayor reacts to court ruling in Trans Mountain case
KAMLOOPS - The mayor of Kamloops hopes today's B.C. Court of Appeal ruling will bring the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion one step closer to being built. This morning (May 24), five judges ruled the...
May 24, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
