Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

RCMP find pair of suspected looters in fire-scorched Lytton
LYTTON, B.C. - UPDATE: RCMP contacted CFJC Today to reiterate that it is very unusual to find unwanted people within evacuated communities and looting is not widespread or even common.EARLIER: RCMP ar...
James Peters Aug 25, 2021

Highway 12 from Lytton to Lillooet re-opens after wildfire shutdown
LYTTON, B.C. - Nearly two months after a wildfire ravaged the village, Highway 12 from Lytton to Lillooet is now open.The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure says people travelling through t...
James Peters Aug 25, 2021

Alternate route approved for Trans Mountain south of Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - Last month, the Canada Energy Regulator approved a new route for the Trans Mountain pipeline to the south of Merritt.The previous route had been challenged by the Coldwater Indian Band...
James Peters Aug 25, 2021

Surgeries put on hold at RIH, doctors point to staffing 'crisis'
KAMLOOPS - Surgeries have been postponed at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) for a third week in a row, prompting doctors to ask for help from the province. Dr. Scott Hughes' department has been halted the...
Dave Barry Aug 24, 2021

Planned ignition to take place on White Rock Lake wildfire due to favourable conditions
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) says a small-scale planned ignition will take place along the eastern flank of the White Rock Lake wildfire, north of Newport Beach towards Irish Creek Road.I...
Doug Collins Aug 24, 2021

B.C. COVID-19 hospitalizations reach 138; new case count at 641 Tuesday
VICTORIA - B.C. has recorded another 641 cases of COVID-19 Tuesday (Aug. 24), including 273 in Interior Health (IH). The figures are included in an update from B.C.'s Ministry of Health. The active ca...
Doug Collins Aug 24, 2021

Two in custody after break-in and abduction in Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM, B.C. - A man is recovering in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after an alleged abduction north of Salmon Arm.RCMP responded Monday (Aug. 23) at 5:45 p.m. after a man was report...
James Peters Aug 24, 2021

VIDEO: Watch a bear and her two cubs forage in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It's not that unusual to see a bear ambling down into Kamloops. Seeing a sow and her two cubs is a little less common. Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 24), Twitter user Marina LeClair spotted the f...
Aug 24, 2021

Kamloops gym owner won't check vaccine cards, chamber feels they keep economy going
KAMLOOPS - When the news came out Monday that non-essential businesses, including her Ladies Only Fitness gym, would need to check customers' vaccine status, Delrae Kohnert felt sick. The pandemic has...
Aug 24, 2021

TNRD rescinds multiple evacuation alerts for properties impacted by Flat Lake wildfire
KAMLOOPS - The Flat Lake wildfire no longer poses an imminent risk to the safety of residents near Clinton and 70 Mile House.The Thompson-Nicola Regional District rescinded its evacuation alert for 18...
Aug 24, 2021

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