Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Barriere COVID-19 clinic closes early due to heat
BARRIERE, B.C. - The Barriere COVID-19 immunization clinic is closing at 2 p.m. today (July 14) due to extreme heat.Interior Health said individuals with booked appointments after 2 p.m. are being con...
Jul 14, 2021

Weekend for Kamloops RCMP includes boat crash, stolen truck recovered and numerous drug seizures
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP responded to approximately 450 calls for service from midnight on Friday, July 9, to 9:00 a.m. on Monday July 12, 2021. Below are some highlights from those calls.Boat crash s...
Jul 14, 2021

RCMP investigating whether small Knutsford fires Tuesday night were intentionally set
UPDATE (9:45 a.m.): B.C. Wildfire Service said they, along with Kamloops Fire Rescue and Kamloops RCMP, responded to five suspicious fires last night in the Knutsford area.The largest of the five fire...
Jul 14, 2021

New wildfires continue to spring up
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Interior continues to get slammed by wildfires. 31 fires have broken out in the province in the past two days. 107 fires are burning in the Kamloops Fire Centre, 65 in the Cariboo....
Doug Collins Jul 14, 2021

TNRD issues evacuation order for 17 properties near Gladwin Mobile Home Park and Jade Spring
KAMLOOPS - An evacuation order was issued by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) Emergency Operations Centre in Kamloops Tuesday (July 13) evening.The order was issued to 17 properties in the...
James Peters Jul 13, 2021

New fires spotted Tuesday near Kamloops, Barriere
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Wildfire Service is informing the public of new wildfires in the Kamloops and Barriere areas, both of which popped up on Tuesday afternoon (July 13). The Mount Peter Ridge Line fir...
James Peters Jul 13, 2021 Image Credit: Twitter / @AlpineLifer

Anxiety heightened with new Sparks Lake evacuation order
KAMLOOPS - Two weeks after it ignited, the Sparks Lake Wildfire is threatening more properties. In the last 24 hours, 119 homes south of the fire have been evacuated and one of them belonged to 93-yea...
Doug Collins Jul 13, 2021

TNRD issues evacuation alert for 50 properties near Barnes Lake
KAMLOOPS - An evacuation alert was issued by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) Emergency Operations Centre in Kamloops Tuesday (July 13) evening. The five-hectare Tremont Creek wildfire nea...
Doug Collins Jul 13, 2021

Heat and air quality warning issued for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued heat and air quality warnings for Kamloops this week. So far this month, B.C. ambulance services has responded to five heat-related patient events, compared to...
Doug Collins Jul 13, 2021

Missing 61-year-old Kamloops man last seen near Rayleigh Petro-Canada
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are requesting the public's assistance in locating 61-year-old Leslie Leahy.He was last seen on June 28 near the Petro-Canada on Highway 5 in Rayleigh carrying a large green b...
Jul 13, 2021

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