Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
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...
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...
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
Evacuation alert for 199 properties in Bonaparte Plateau area
KAMLOOPS - An evacuation alert was issued by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) Emergency Operations Centre in Kamloops Wednesday (July 14) morning. The alert was issued to 199 properties in...
Jul 14, 2021
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...
Jul 14, 2021
