Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
GlobalMedic providing cleanup kits, free laundry service to evacuees
KAMLOOPS - GlobalMedic volunteers are providing cleanup kits to evacuees today (Aug 2). 300 buckets have been packed full of household cleaners and supplies to be handed out at the Emergency Reception...
Aug 02, 2017
Falling ash and rising smoke create interesting effect in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It was an interesting sky over Kamloops Tuesday night. Kamloops Fire and Rescue received a number of calls, as did CFJC Today, wondering whether or not there was a new fire because of what ...
Aug 02, 2017
Pushing for Change: Youth Homelessness Advocate strides into Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - As a young man, Joe Roberts found himself homeless on Vancouver's downtown east side, collecting empty cans in a shopping cart to earn money to support his drug habit. Fast forward almost 3...
Aug 01, 2017
BC Wildfire Service, conservation officers encourage caution in backcountry
KAMLOOPS - One month after a province-wide state of emergency was declared due to fires burning across B.C., the BC Wildfire Service has yet to issue a broad closure of the backcountry. “There a...
Aug 01, 2017
New Monte Lake fire being held, impacting airport operations
KAMLOOPS - The Martin Mountain fire north of Monte Lake is now 100 per cent contained, but a new fire in the area proves the wildfire risk remains extremely high. The fire, located at the south end of...
Aug 01, 2017
More than 300 buildings destroyed by persistent wildfires across B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Wildfires continue to burn across British Columbia and officials say flames have now destroyed more than 300 buildings. Robert Turner with Emergency Management BC says 71 of the build...
Aug 01, 2017
Thickening smoke around Kamloops keeping most indoors, but not everyone
KAMLOOPS - Thick smoke continues to blanket the city and surround area, much of it drifting from the Elephant Hill wildfire north of Clinton that has now grown to more than 84,000 hectares as of late ...
Aug 01, 2017
Kamloops RCMP Superintendent not worried about higher crime stats
KAMLOOPS - Crime in Kamloops has remained relatively stable over the past three months, according to RCMP Superintendent Brad Mueller. Mueller addressed the statistics today at the City Police Committ...
Jul 31, 2017
Knutsford residents welcome Mexican family evacuated from Williams Lake
KAMLOOPS - It was supposed to be a happy reunion between a pair of sisters; Maritza Gutierrez, who lives in Guadalajara, Mexico was visiting her sister Maria Helena Jackson, a William's Lake resident ...
Jul 31, 2017
Return of Williams Lake residents aids Clinton evacuees
KAMLOOPS - The Elephant Hill fire is burning at a size of more than 78,000 hectares as it moves closer to populated areas. The fire’s rapid growth and behaviour triggered new evacuation orders o...
Jul 31, 2017
