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Kamloops Fire Rescue crews forced to douse firework caused landscape fire
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue was called out on Tuesday (July 1) evening to extinguish a small landscape fire that was caused by an unauthorized fireworks display. "We arrived on scene to some homeo...
Jul 02, 2025
Nikaia Creek wildfire near Lytton being held
LYTTON, B.C. - (UPDATE 1:00 p.m.): One of two wildfires posing a threat to life and property in the Lytton area is being held. As of Wednesday (July 2) morning, the BC Wildfire Service says the Nikaia...
Jul 02, 2025
TNRD issues evacuation order for two properties near Lytton
LYTTON - (UPDATE 8:45 p.m.): The Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has issued new evacuation orders and alerts in the Lytton-area as a second wildfire continues to burn along Highway 12.It has ...
Jul 01, 2025
UPDATE: Evacuation alerts issued as BC Wildfire Service battles fire near Lytton
LYTTON - (UPDATE 11:20 p.m.): The Lytton First Nation has issued an evacuation alert for a number of properties as a wildfire burns on the west side of the Fraser River, Monday (June 30) night. It is ...
Jun 30, 2025
Mayor files police report alleging assault by Kamloops journalist
KAMLOOPS - The Mayor of Kamloops has filed a police report alleging that he was assaulted by Castanet Kamloops News Director Tim Petruk over the weekend. CFJC Today was able to confirm the existence o...
Jun 30, 2025
Four years after tragic Lytton fire, community still ‘frustrated with delays’
LYTTON, B.C. - It has been four years since a wildfire devastated the community of Lytton in the Fraser Canyon. The fire started a day after the town set national temperature records for hitting almos...
Jun 30, 2025
Motorcyclist seriously injured in Sunday crash that led to lengthy closure of Highway 97 near Clinton
CLINTON, B.C. - A 66-year-old man suffered serious, life-altering injuries after a crash that caused a lengthy closure of the Cariboo Highway, south of Clinton. RCMP in Clinton were called to Highway ...
Jun 30, 2025
UPDATE: RCMP say impaired driver sparked wildfire along Highway 5A near Merritt Sunday
MERRITT, B.C. - (UPDATE 10:45 a.m.): Police in Merritt say the driver of the vehicle that sparked a wildfire along Highway 5A near Nicola Lake Sunday (June 29) afternoon was was likely impaired by liq...
Jun 30, 2025
Canada cancelled its digital services tax. What was it and why did the U.S. hate it?
OTTAWA - Tech giants such as Amazon and Google will not have to shell out close to $2 billion as expected today, as Canada moved to cancel the controversial digital services tax on Sunday, just one da...
Jun 30, 2025
No consumer permits issued as Kamloops to determine fate of Canada Day fireworks show
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says while this year's Canada Day festivities will very likely feature fireworks at dusk, it wants that pyrotechnics display to be the only one that lights up the sky t...
Jun 29, 2025
