Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
B.C. helicopter skiing pioneer Mike Wiegele dies
BLUE RIVER, B.C. - A pioneer in B.C.'s adventure tourism field has died.According to Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing, the tourism operator's founder and namesake has passed away.In a social media post ...
Jul 16, 2021
City of Kamloops offering smoke refuge at Sandman Centre
KAMLOOPS - With wildfire smoke lingering in the area, the City of Kamloops has opened the Sandman Centre Friday (July 16) as a smoke refuge. The City says the concourse will be open daily for resident...
Jul 16, 2021
TNRD votes unanimously to request a provincial State of Emergency on wildfires
KAMLOOPS - At its regular Board meeting held Thursday (July 15), the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Board of Directors unanimously passed a motion to ask the Government of British Columbia to decla...
Jul 16, 2021
July Mountain wildfire leads to Evacuation Alert south of Merritt
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Nicola Regional District has issued an Evacuation Alert south of Merritt in Electoral Area "N" - Beautiful Nicola Valley-South.The area is under threat from the July Mountain w...
Jul 15, 2021
More long-term care residents moved out of 100 Mile House and Ashcroft
KAMLOOPS - Long-term care residents in 100 Mile House and Ashcroft are being moved to safe locations while the two communities face Evacuation Alerts.Yesterday more than a dozen long-term care residen...
Jul 15, 2021
Even with more than 300 fires raging in B.C., emergency officials confident with current response strategy
KAMLOOPS - Emergency officials say B.C. is about one month ahead of schedule with its fire season and B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) resources are being stretched to the limit. Even so, officials say th...
Jul 15, 2021
Tk'emlúps pushing for release of residential school student records, federal resources to identify missing children
TK'EMLUPS - Nearly two months since the initial announcement of 215 burial sites detected on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, Tk'emlps te Secwpemc (TteS) provided an updat...
Jul 15, 2021
SD73 need more Kamloops families to host international students
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops is in-demand for international high school students however School District 73 has been turning them down due to a lack of living spaces.Robert Schoen and his family host internati...
Jul 15, 2021
Evacuation Alert issued in part of Electoral Area "M" of TNRD
KAMLOOPS - The Brenda Creek wildfire has prompted the Thompson-Nicola Regional District to issue an Evacuation Alert for three properties under threat south of Douglas Lake.The fire was discovered Wed...
Jul 15, 2021
City of Kamloops receives $4M infrastructure grant; five other Thompson-Shuswap communities will also benefit
KAMLOOPS - Six communities in the Thompson-Shuswap region are among the beneficiaries of a $24.5 million infrastructure announcement, split between the federal and provincial governments.Among them is...
Jul 15, 2021
