Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - Four major fires surrounding Kamloops have calmed after significant rainfall in the northern Interior region on Monday and overnight into Tuesday (Aug. 17) morning."What we saw overnight wa...

KAMLOOPS - A fifth candidate has been confirmed for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo ahead of the September 20th federal election.Iain Currie, who first ran for the Green Party in the 2019 election, says he ...

KAMLOOPS - The Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt re-opened at noon on Tuesday (Aug. 17).DriveBC says there is still limited visibility due to smoke. Highway 5 was closed Sunday due to the Ju...

KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops lifted the evacuation alert for the neighbourhoods of Iron Mask, Pineview Valley and Versatile Industrial Park.Based on recommendation from B.C. Wildfire Service, the C...

KAMLOOPS - Monday night's rainfall on the White Rock Lake wildfire provided relief for the immediate future. The Columbia Shuswap Regional District's (CSRD) update Tuesday (Aug. 17) morning says all a...

KAMLOOPS - There are 12 homes located in downtown Kamloops for sale, with some starting as low as $75,000.However, there may be a few extra costly logistics afterward.The Kelson Group purchased three ...

MERRITT, B.C. - On Monday, the BC Wildfire Service confirmed that the July Mountain wildfire had jumped the Coquihalla highway and merged with the Brooks Creek fire. At that time the July Mountain fir...

MERRITT, B.C. - On Sunday night, the BC Wildfire Service estimated that the Lytton Creek fire was approximately 56,000 hectares, as of Monday night, it's now over 71,000 hectares."Today (Aug 16), crew...

KAMLOOPS - It's hard to go anywhere in the province this morning (Tuesday), especially if you want to head west. The Coquihalla between Merritt and Hope was closed overnight because of wildfire danger...

UPDATE (6:15 p.m.): BC Hydro updated the cause of outage. It is now due to an equipment failure. Crews are on site and power is estimated to return at 12:35 a.m. on Tuesday (Aug. 17). EARLIER: KAMLOOP...