Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
RCMP investigating whether small Knutsford fires Tuesday night were intentionally set
UPDATE (9:45 a.m.): B.C. Wildfire Service said they, along with Kamloops Fire Rescue and Kamloops RCMP, responded to five suspicious fires last night in the Knutsford area.The largest of the five fire...
Jul 14, 2021
New wildfires continue to spring up
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Interior continues to get slammed by wildfires. 31 fires have broken out in the province in the past two days. 107 fires are burning in the Kamloops Fire Centre, 65 in the Cariboo....
Jul 14, 2021
TNRD issues evacuation order for 17 properties near Gladwin Mobile Home Park and Jade Spring
KAMLOOPS - An evacuation order was issued by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) Emergency Operations Centre in Kamloops Tuesday (July 13) evening.The order was issued to 17 properties in the...
Jul 13, 2021
New fires spotted Tuesday near Kamloops, Barriere
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Wildfire Service is informing the public of new wildfires in the Kamloops and Barriere areas, both of which popped up on Tuesday afternoon (July 13). The Mount Peter Ridge Line fir...
Jul 13, 2021 Image Credit: Twitter / @AlpineLifer
Anxiety heightened with new Sparks Lake evacuation order
KAMLOOPS - Two weeks after it ignited, the Sparks Lake Wildfire is threatening more properties. In the last 24 hours, 119 homes south of the fire have been evacuated and one of them belonged to 93-yea...
Jul 13, 2021
TNRD issues evacuation alert for 50 properties near Barnes Lake
KAMLOOPS - An evacuation alert was issued by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) Emergency Operations Centre in Kamloops Tuesday (July 13) evening. The five-hectare Tremont Creek wildfire nea...
Jul 13, 2021
Heat and air quality warning issued for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued heat and air quality warnings for Kamloops this week. So far this month, B.C. ambulance services has responded to five heat-related patient events, compared to...
Jul 13, 2021
Missing 61-year-old Kamloops man last seen near Rayleigh Petro-Canada
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are requesting the public's assistance in locating 61-year-old Leslie Leahy.He was last seen on June 28 near the Petro-Canada on Highway 5 in Rayleigh carrying a large green b...
Jul 13, 2021
Residents west of Fraser River near Lytton given all-clear
LYTTON, B.C. - A group of residents living on the west side of the Fraser River near Lytton have been given the all-clear by municipal officials after spending two weeks under an evacuation alert.The ...
Jul 13, 2021
Two Shuswap brothers among those killed in Kelowna crane collapse
KELOWNA - Three of the four people confirmed dead in Monday's fatal crane collapse in downtown Kelowna have been identified through social media.According to GoFundMe, verified fundraising pages have ...
Jul 13, 2021
