Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Winds of change may arrive on the weekend, but will they clear the air?
KAMLOOPS - A trough of low pressure approaching the BC Interior later this week could have a couple of potential impacts on the choking smoke blanketing the region. Environment Canada Forecaster Cindy...
Aug 08, 2017
Filters and masks in short supply for those with health issues
KAMLOOPS - There have been lots of people wearing masks these days with the heavy smoke. And there have been advisories about changing your furnace filters if you haven’t for a while to keep you...
Aug 08, 2017
Police looking at alcohol in a two-vehicle collision downtown Tuesday morning
KAMLOOPS - Alcohol is believed responsible for a two-vehicle collision in downtown Kamloops early this morning. In a news release, RCMP Sergeant Sascha Fesenko says they were called to 4th and Seymour...
Aug 08, 2017
Smoky skies keeping Kamloops quiet this weekend
KAMLOOPS - August long weekend is typically be one of the busiest summer holiday weekends in the province; with the fire situation and poor air quality, many of the usual hotspots for locals and visit...
Aug 06, 2017
Kamloops Dragon Boat Festival cancelled due to city smoke
KAMLOOPS - Smoke has put out the dragon. Kamloops Dragon Boat Festival has been cancelled due to the thick smoke blanketing the city. The festival was scheduled to take place Saturday, August 12th. Da...
Aug 06, 2017
Highland Valley workers vote on tentative agreement this week
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - Voting on the tentative agreement between the United Steelworkers and Teck Resources is set to take place this week. After almost a year of discussion, the union and mine recently a...
Aug 06, 2017
Ontario company handing out hundreds of free masks to wildfire workers
KAMLOOPS - An Ontario-based company is on a mission to help wildfire workers breathe easier. Rich Szasz, Chief Innovation Officer with 02 Canada, says he and his colleagues spent more than two years d...
Aug 06, 2017
Friedman withdraws from race for Mayor's chair
KAMLOOPS – And then there were three… Late Saturday afternoon, Cindy Ross Friedman withdrew her name from the ballot of the upcoming civic by-election, making her announcement via email an...
Aug 05, 2017
Downtown standoff ends in an arrest
UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP Sgt. Sascha Fesenko says police continue to actively investigate Saturday’s incident downtown and aren’t commenting further at this time. EARLIER: KAMLOOPS - A man ha...
Aug 05, 2017
Truck fire draws large crowd downtown
KAMLOOPS - A truck fire drew quite the crowd Friday night. Kamloops Fire Rescue Platoon Captain Troy Grant says a man was driving an older model pick-up truck through downtown Kamloops just after 8 p....
Aug 05, 2017
