Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

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...
James Peters 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

Highway 97 reopens but 100 Mile House Evacuation Alert remains in place
WILLIAMS LAKE - The Flat Lake wildfire has grown to 8,725 hectares and is continuing to move east towards Highway 97 in the Cariboo. Despite the growth, officials have reopened the main highway throug...
Jul 15, 2021

More unmarked graves likely to be discovered at former Kamloops residential school: report
DISCLAIMER: Some of the details in this story may be disturbing to some readers.KAMLOOPS - The number of children that may be buried in unmarked and undocumented graves at the site of the former Kamlo...
Jul 15, 2021

Firefighters battling wildfire near Jacko Lake
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: The City of Kamloops has stood down its Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) as of 12:00 noon.EARLIER: Fire crews are trying to contain a 33 hectare blaze just south of Aberdeen, in th...
Jul 15, 2021

LIVE: Tk'emlups presentation on residential school findings
KAMLOOPS - NOTE: This story has been updated here. Tk'emlups te Secwepemc is announcing details of its study into the unmarked graves near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. WATCH: (Video ...
James Peters Jul 15, 2021

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