Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Lytton evacuated as wildfire rips through community
LYTTON, B.C. - Officials ordered the evacuation of the community of Lytton, B.C., Wednesday evening, just one day after the village shattered the record for highest temperature ever recorded in Canada...
Jun 30, 2021 Image Credit: Facebook / Cariboo Wildfires Information and Safety
UPDATE: Sparks Lake wildfire at 20,000 hectares; 160+ properties evacuated
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (10:00 p.m.): The B.C. Wildfire Service has now listed the size of the Sparks Lake wildfire at 20,000 hectares. EARLIER: The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has issued an ev...
Jun 30, 2021
Kamloops Fire Rescue knocks down small fire in empty Tranquille business
KAMLOOPS - Shortly after 4:00 pm, Kamloops Fire Rescue was called to a structure fire in the 200-block of Tranquille Road.The fire was first reported around 4:10 pm by a caller from a nearby building,...
Jun 30, 2021
Hot, dry conditions challenging crews fighting fast-growing Sparks Lake wildfire
KAMLOOPS - NOTE: This story has been updated with new details here.As evening falls, the Sparks Lake wildfire continues to rage, threatening more homes and putting more people on alert.There are now 4...
Jun 30, 2021
Overdose crisis in B.C. continues more than five years after it was declared a public health emergency
KAMLOOPS - Last month, 160 people in British Columbia died as a result of a toxic supply of illicit drugs. That brought the total number of deaths due to illicit drug overdose in B.C. to 851 for the y...
Jun 30, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Royal Inland Hospital; seven patients infected on surgical ward
KAMLOOPS - Despite the province moving to Phase 3 of its Restart Plan Thursday (July 1), the virus is not finished with us yet.Interior Health has announced a COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospita...
Jun 30, 2021
TNRD places nearly 300 properties near Loon Lake, Hihium Lake on evacuation alert due to Sparks Lake fire
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has added nearly 300 more properties to evacuation alert status due to the nearby Sparks Lake wildfire. Most of the 298 properties are in the areas of ...
Jun 30, 2021
Eighteen more properties evacuated near roaring Kamloops-area wildfire
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has ordered the evacuation of 18 properties in the path of the Sparks Lake wildfire northwest of Kamloops.The following properties are affected ...
Jun 30, 2021
Kamloops man missing, last seen on motorcycle heading to Westsyde
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP is requesting the public's assistance in locating 71-year-old Mark Foan of Kamloops Mark was last seen on June 28 at around 10:00 a.m. at the Tim Hortons on Highway 5 in Kamlo...
Jun 30, 2021
Interior Health issues alert for toxic fentanyl being sold in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has issued a drug alert for a toxic substance being sold and used in Kamloops.IH says though the purple chunk substance is being sold as fentanyl, it contains a high to...
Jun 30, 2021
