Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Knutsford residents feeling nervous about suspicious fire after close call Tuesday night
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are investigating five suspicious fires in Knutsford last night. Emergency crews were called to fires at both the 3.5-kilometre mark and the 10-kilometre mark of Goose Lake Ro...
Jul 14, 2021

UPDATE: Missing woman found safe
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: RCMP say Norma Riba has been found safe and sound.
James Peters Jul 14, 2021 Image Credit: CFJC Today

Village of Ashcroft, Ashcroft Indian Band under evacuation alerts
ASHCROFT, B.C. - After an evacuation alert was announced for Cache Creek earlier Wednesday afternoon (July 14), nearby Ashcroft and the Ashcroft Indian Band have followed suit.At 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, ...
Jul 14, 2021

City planning for paved access road connecting Juniper Ridge to Rose Hill
KAMLOOPS - As wildfires continue to ignite around B.C., the City of Kamloops says action has been taken to improve exit routes in the Juniper Ridge area. On July 1, an interface fire quickly burned th...
Jul 14, 2021

Council, fire chief put Village of Cache Creek on evacuation alert
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - Cache Creek Fire Chief Tom Moe says the community is being put on evacuation alert due to the worsening wildfire situation.In a post to the Cache Creek Fire Department Facebook pag...
Jul 14, 2021

Power restored after large outage in Kamloops.
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Power has been restored. EARLIER: B.C. Hydro is reporting a large power outage in Kamloops. According to the Crown corporation's outage map, the outage was first reported at about 3...
James Peters Jul 14, 2021

Construction begins on Coldwater Road-High Canada Place emergency exit
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops Civic Operations crews have begun work on the Coldwater Road-Canada High Place emergency exit road between Juniper Ridge and Rose Hill. It comes approximately two weeks...
Aaron Schulze Jul 14, 2021

Kamloops man arrested on robbery warrant, has ties to Aberdeen Mall robbery
KAMLOOPS - A 30-year-old man was arrested on an unendorsed warrant of robbery out of Kamloops, and on a warrant for failure to comply with probation out of New Westminster.Kamloops RCMP responded to a...
Jul 14, 2021

Small evacuation alert enacted for Douglas Lake-area wildfire
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has issued a new evacuation alert in relation to a fire northeast of Douglas Lake.The evacuation alert covers five properties threatened by the White R...
Jul 14, 2021

Shuswap community of Seymour Arm placed under evacuation alert
SEYMOUR ARM, B.C. - The Columbia-Shuswap Regional District has put the community of Seymour Arm on evacuation alert.The CSRD's Emergency Operations Centre says the alert is due to the 230-hectare Huna...
Jul 14, 2021

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