Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Retired fisheries biologist calls on government to protect Stump Lake water levels
KAMLOOPS - As Stump Lake continues to rise, residents who live on the lake continue to battle rain and wind in a last-ditch effort to save their homes. Now a retired provincial fisheries biologist has...
Jul 02, 2020
Hot Nite in the City pulls the plug for 2020
KAMLOOPS - One of the last signature summer events in Kamloops still planning to go ahead has now been cancelled.Organizers of the 2020 version of Hot Nite in the City, originally scheduled for August...
Jul 02, 2020
Unsettled weather expected to continue into July
KAMLOOPS - It was a rainy month of June in Kamloops. According to Environment Canada Meteorologist Bobby Sekhon, the city received around 41 millimetres of precipitation last month, compared to the mo...
Jul 02, 2020
One dead in Canada Day crash near Ashcroft
ASHCROFT, B.C. - RCMP and the B.C. Coroners Service have confirmed one person died in a crash near Ashcroft Wednesday (July 1).According to B.C. Emergency Health Services (EHS), first responders were ...
Jul 02, 2020
Kamloops-area rivers primed to peak yet again: province
KAMLOOPS - After our rain-soaked Wednesday, the B.C. River Forecast Centre (RFC) says the highest levels of the year are likely still to come for Kamloops-area rivers.In a new bulletin Thursday (July ...
Jul 02, 2020
Merritt RCMP seek witnesses to Canada Day sports car crash
MERRITT, B.C. - RCMP are looking for witnesses to the Canada Day crash of a high-performance sports car outside of Merritt.According to Cpl. Jesse O'Donaghey of RCMP Southeast District, the rollover c...
Jul 02, 2020
Cache Creek fire hall drying out after waterway spills its banks Tuesday
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The Cache Creek Volunteer Fire Department dodged a bullet from Mother Nature Thursday morning (July 2).The Canada Day torrent of rain led to a rapid rise in Cache Creek overnight, ...
Jul 02, 2020
Secwepemc chiefs call on Tiny House Warrior pipeline protest to 'stand down'
SIMPCW TERRITORY B.C. - The chiefs of two Secwepemc bands are calling on an Indigenous group protesting construction on the Trans Mountain pipeline to stand down, saying the protest violates Secwepemc...
Jul 02, 2020
Flooding closes Trans Canada Highway between Sicamous and Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - UPDATE- 8:00 am- Friday July 3- The Trans Canada Highway remains closed this morning ( Friday) in two spots near Revelstoke. One closure is between the Woods Bridge and Summit Lake ...
Jul 02, 2020
Supreme Court dismisses Indigenous appeal of Trans Mountain approval
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a new appeal from British Columbia First Nations over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The court dismissed the appeal this morning from the Squ...
Jul 02, 2020
