Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
BC Cattlemen's Association looking for long-term livestock placements
KAMLOOPS - Five days after the province declared a state of emergency in response to massive wildfires in the B.C. Interior, thousands of cattle still roam in affected regions. Some livestock have fou...
Jul 12, 2017
Air quality improves in Kamloops
Kamloops residents have been given a reprieve from the heavy smoke that has blanketed the valley for the past two days. The sky is much clearer around the city today, and Environment Canada agrees. AI...
Jul 12, 2017
Delta man cooks up free meals for wildfire evacuees in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Jamie Leighton couldn’t stand by while fires blazed around B.C., displacing thousands of people from their homes, so he packed up his trailer and headed for Kamloops. The owner of the...
Jul 12, 2017
Huge shipment arrives from Fort McMurray for wildfire evacuees
KAMLOOPS - The northern Alberta city that went through hell last year has been the first to step up to help evacuees of BC’s wildfire crisis this summer. After an initial shipment of goods and d...
Jul 12, 2017
Resident of Boston Flats trailer park reacts to seeing devastation
ASHCROFT, B.C. - Driving into the Boston Flats trailer park in between Ashcroft and Cache Creek, it doesn’t take much to notice the devastation - an entire complex wiped out by the Ashcroft Rese...
Jul 11, 2017
Help pours in for wildfire evacuees in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - With more than 14,000 displaces so far, local agencies have the enormous task of providing the basic necessities to those forced from their homes by the rapidly growing fires. There are a n...
Jul 11, 2017
Evacuation order rescinded for Little Fort, B.C.
LITTLE FORT, B.C. - The evacuation order issued Friday night for Little Fort has been rescinded. Thompson-Nicola Regional District Chair John Ranta signed the notice to rescind the order effective 3:0...
Jul 11, 2017
Additional firefighters from out-of-province streaming in
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Wildfire Service is receiving additional help from out of province, and it couldn’t come soon enough. 95 Firefighters from Alberta arrived in Kamloops last night, and are bei...
Jul 11, 2017
Evacuees participate in ceremony to brush off their burdens
KAMLOOPS - While the physical needs of wildfire evacuees are being looked after by the Evacuation Reception Centre, the Tk’emlup te Secwepemc is trying to provide for peoples’ emotional an...
Jul 11, 2017
Postal service halted in Kamloops, fire-affected communities
KAMLOOPS - Canada Post has suspended all mail service in Kamloops today, citing the poor air quality in the region. Environment Canada’s Air Quality Health Index has been in the “high risk...
Jul 11, 2017
