Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Air quality could be impacted by Kamloops wildfire
KAMLOOPS - Due to the out of control wildfire near Kamloops, Environment Canada has issued an air quality advisory. The South Thompson region could see reduced air quality should the wind direction ca...
Kayla Derkach Jul 15, 2018

Crews 'headed in a good direction' for containment of East Shuswap Road Fire
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service is hopeful crews will be able to shift the status of the East Shuswap Road Fire from out of control to being held in the next few days. Fire Information Officer Jody...
Kayla Derkach Jul 15, 2018

No growth on E. Shuswap Road fire overnight
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service continues to work day and night in hopes of extinguishing the East Shuswap Road Fire burning on the Tk’emlups Reserve. Operation Sections Chief J.J. Lum says t...
Kayla Derkach Jul 14, 2018

Fire crews protect eagle's nest as East Shuswap Road fire flares up
KAMLOOPS - Fire crews were hard at work overnight as hotspots above Shuswap road flared up in the early evening. The 500 hectare East Shuswap Road Fire had moved up the hill, but when the wind shifted...
Kayla Derkach Jul 14, 2018

Kamloops RCMP investigate park stabbing
KAMLOOPS - One man is in hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries following a stabbing. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says it happened Thursday afternoon adding police were notified a...
Kayla Derkach Jul 13, 2018

Indigenous protesters set sights on Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion in Clearwater
CLEARWATER - What began as an Indigenous cultural event over the weekend has grown into an occupation of the North Thompson Provincial Park near Clearwater. The Tiny House Warriors have blocked the en...
Kayla Derkach Jul 13, 2018

Top cop meets Kamloops media
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP introduced its new Officer in Charge to the media today. Superintendent Syd Lecky arrived in Kamloops a week ago and replaces the departed Brad Mueller. He said he’s...
Kayla Derkach Jul 13, 2018

Kamloops RCMP warn of bike thefts
KAMLOOPS - Be sure to secure your bicycle. The Kamloops RCMP says between June 1 and July 9, 2018, the Kamloops RCMP responded to 51 bicycle thefts involving the theft of 64 bikes. “The approxim...
Kayla Derkach Jul 13, 2018

UPDATE: Kamloops wildfire remapped at 500 hectares in size
KAMLOOPS - The wildfire near Shuswap Road has been remapped at 500 hectares in size after minimal growth overnight. Kamloops Fire Centre Fire Information Officer Marla Catherall says extra resources h...
Kayla Derkach Jul 13, 2018

Kamloops wildfire volunteers remembered one year later
KAMLOOPS - The Sandman Centre is quiet now, but it was around this time last year that thousands of evacuees moved in. 2017 was the worst wildfire season on record in B.C., but in the midst of a terri...
Kayla Derkach Jul 12, 2018

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