Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Whitecroft- and Ashcroft-area fires show growth Wednesday
KAMLOOPS - There has been growth on a pair of fires within the Kamloops Fire Centre.According to the B.C. Wildfire Service, the Embleton Mountain fire near Whitecroft is now measured at 516 hectares.H...
Jul 14, 2021

Smoking materials the cause of Columbia Street fire: KFR
KAMLOOPS - A fire on 1214 Columbia Street that took Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) crews hours to extinguish on Friday (July 10) has a determined cause.Chief Fire Prevention Officer Dean Olstad said the c...
James Peters Jul 14, 2021

Kamloops RCMP looking for owner of wooden urn
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are looking for the owner of what is believed to be a wooden urn.In June, police were contacted regarding a wooden urn, and what appeared to be a bag of ashes, turned into a l...
Jul 14, 2021

Service Canada sets up dedicated phone line for Lytton evacuees
LYTTON, B.C. - As evacuees from Lytton were forced from their homes in a matter of minutes on June 30 as a fire swept through the Village, many left with just the shirts on their back.To assist with t...
Jul 14, 2021

Barriere COVID-19 clinic closes early due to heat
BARRIERE, B.C. - The Barriere COVID-19 immunization clinic is closing at 2 p.m. today (July 14) due to extreme heat.Interior Health said individuals with booked appointments after 2 p.m. are being con...
Jul 14, 2021

Weekend for Kamloops RCMP includes boat crash, stolen truck recovered and numerous drug seizures
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP responded to approximately 450 calls for service from midnight on Friday, July 9, to 9:00 a.m. on Monday July 12, 2021. Below are some highlights from those calls.Boat crash s...
Jul 14, 2021

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....
Doug Collins 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...
James Peters 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...
James Peters Jul 13, 2021 Image Credit: Twitter / @AlpineLifer

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