Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Wind, no rain forecast for the weekend
KAMLOOPS - The forecast from Environment Canada doesn’t provide much relief for the fire situation by way of rainfall. Forecaster Alyssa Charbonneau says the day to watch appears to be Saturday....
Jul 13, 2017
Kamloops MP applauds governor general selection
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod has taken issue with plenty of Justin Trudeau’s choices as prime minister, but has no quibbles with his choice to replace David Johnston as Canada’...
Jul 13, 2017
Regional District opens Resiliency Centre in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The TNRD is opening a resiliency centre today. It will help provide resources for evacuees, including insurance advice from the Insurance Bureau of Canada, and will house a variety of non-g...
Jul 13, 2017
Cache Creek residents want to go back home with fire moving north
KAMLOOPS - Some evacuees from Cache Creek like Steve Janzen feel with the Ashcroft Reserve wildfire moving away from their community, it’s time to go home. Janzen and a few other Cache Creek eva...
Jul 12, 2017
Province's wildfire relief funding begins amid evacuee frustration
KAMLOOPS - Many wildfire evacuees have been away from their homes for close to a week now, and for some, money is growing thin. While the TNRD, Kamloops Food Bank, and other agencies have donated good...
Jul 12, 2017
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
