Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
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 ...
Jul 15, 2021
Heat warning ends but fires still burn
KAMLOOPS - One good thing this morning is that Environment Canada has ended the heat warning that's been in effect for our area these past few days. Temperatures are expected to reach the low to mid-t...
Jul 15, 2021
First Nation to release report on unmarked graves at Kamloops residential school
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Tk'emlps te Secwpemc First Nation is set to release a report today outlining the findings of a search of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School property using ground-penetr...
Jul 15, 2021
Tremont Creek wildfire puts 675 properties on evacuation alert
KAMLOOPS - An evacuation alert was issued by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) Emergency Operations Centre in Kamloops Wednesday (July 14) evening. The 750-hectare Tremont Creek wildfire ne...
Jul 14, 2021
Barnes Lake area evacuated; Highway 1 corridor west of Savona under alert
ASHCROFT, B.C. - The 50 properties put on evacuation alert due to the Tremont Creek wildfire east of Ashcroft are now under evacuation order.The Thompson-Nicola Regional District says the 780-hectare ...
Jul 14, 2021
Knutsford residents feeling nervous about suspicious fire after close call Tuesday night
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are investigating five suspicious fires in Knutsford last night. Emergency crews were called to fires at both the 3.5-kilometre mark and the 10-kilometre mark of Goose Lake Ro...
Jul 14, 2021
