Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Planned ignition to take place on White Rock Lake wildfire due to favourable conditions
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) says a small-scale planned ignition will take place along the eastern flank of the White Rock Lake wildfire, north of Newport Beach towards Irish Creek Road.I...
Aug 24, 2021
B.C. COVID-19 hospitalizations reach 138; new case count at 641 Tuesday
VICTORIA - B.C. has recorded another 641 cases of COVID-19 Tuesday (Aug. 24), including 273 in Interior Health (IH). The figures are included in an update from B.C.'s Ministry of Health. The active ca...
Aug 24, 2021
Two in custody after break-in and abduction in Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM, B.C. - A man is recovering in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after an alleged abduction north of Salmon Arm.RCMP responded Monday (Aug. 23) at 5:45 p.m. after a man was report...
Aug 24, 2021
VIDEO: Watch a bear and her two cubs forage in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It's not that unusual to see a bear ambling down into Kamloops. Seeing a sow and her two cubs is a little less common. Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 24), Twitter user Marina LeClair spotted the f...
Aug 24, 2021
Kamloops gym owner won't check vaccine cards, chamber feels they keep economy going
KAMLOOPS - When the news came out Monday that non-essential businesses, including her Ladies Only Fitness gym, would need to check customers' vaccine status, Delrae Kohnert felt sick. The pandemic has...
Aug 24, 2021
TNRD rescinds multiple evacuation alerts for properties impacted by Flat Lake wildfire
KAMLOOPS - The Flat Lake wildfire no longer poses an imminent risk to the safety of residents near Clinton and 70 Mile House.The Thompson-Nicola Regional District rescinded its evacuation alert for 18...
Aug 24, 2021
Liberal party names First Nations lawyer as Kamloops-area candidate
KAMLOOPS - The Liberal party has selected lawyer Jesse McCormick as its candidate for the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo region in the Sept. 20 federal election.McCormick stepped in after the party's origi...
Aug 24, 2021
Interior not in the clear for wildfires thanks to a clear sky
KAMLOOPS - Light rain and cooler temperatures have given B.C.'s wildland firefighters some breathing room for the major wildfires in the Thompson-Okanagan region.Both the Tremont Creek and Sparks Lake...
Aug 24, 2021
Hundreds of COVID-19 vaccines in Revelstoke considered invalid after incorrect storage; IH asks recipients to re-book
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Hundreds of residents who were immunized against COVID-19 in Revelstoke are being asked to re-book.Interior Health (IH) says it recently discovered doses of COVID-19 vaccine stored ...
Aug 24, 2021
Masks mandated, vaccination encouraged as B.C. government unveils guidelines for upcoming school year
VICTORIA - B.C. students and staff will see a more normal school year in 2021-22, but some measures protecting against COVID-19 will remain in place.In a news conference Tuesday morning (Aug. 24), Edu...
Aug 24, 2021
