Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
KFR provides fire prevention tips amid climbing temperatures
KAMLOOPS - Just one spark. That’s all it takes to start a fire in the hot and dry conditions Kamloops is currently experiencing. It’s a reality evidenced by last summer’s volatile wi...
Jul 25, 2018
Smoke leads to new statement from Environment Canada
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued another special air quality statement for much of the B.C. Interior due to wildfire smoke in the region. The statement covers several areas of the province, in...
Jul 25, 2018
TNRD eagerly anticipating Recycle BC switchover
KAMLOOPS - As it counts down the days until a new recycling arrangement kicks in, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District is asking residents to get ready. The TNRD has signed on with Recycle BC, meanin...
Jul 25, 2018
Kamloops Fire Rescue confirms cause of East Shuswap Road fire
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue has confirmed the official cause of a wildfire that scorched 545 hectares on the Tk’emlups Reserve earlier this month. The East Shuswap Road fire sparked on July ...
Jul 25, 2018
Finding Freddy Lee: search continues for Chinese-Canadian WW1 veteran from Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Throughout World War 1, Canadians suffered over 149 000 casualties, with over 56 000 men killed or missing in combat. One of those men killed, but whose remains were never found was Kamloop...
Jul 24, 2018
Pop-up U.S. consulate comes to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - American and dual citizens living in the Kamloops area will be able to access consular services close to home later this week. The U.S. Consulate General Vancouver will hold a “pop-up...
Jul 24, 2018
Campfires to be prohibited in Kamloops Fire Centre later this week
KAMLOOPS - The campfire ban that has become an almost annual occurrence in the Kamloops Fire Centre will come into effect this week. The province has announced campfires will be prohibited throughout ...
Jul 24, 2018
Environment Canada warns of smoky skies
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a Smoky Skies bulletin for much of the southern Interior, including the South Thompson valley. According to the forecaster, smoke is blowing in from various wi...
Jul 24, 2018
New scam extorts victims over alleged porn-viewing habits: Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are warning about a new scam in which the fraudster tries to extort the innocent person over his or her alleged pornography viewing habits. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says in this scam, the mar...
Jul 24, 2018
Singh Street, Halston Avenue to get facelifts
KAMLOOPS - A couple of road construction projects on the Kamloops North Shore are about to get underway. According to the City of Kamloops, Halston Avenue will be resurfaced from Kingston Avenue west ...
Jul 24, 2018
