Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
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Evacuation order rescinded for Little Fort, B.C.
LITTLE FORT, B.C. - The evacuation order issued Friday night for Little Fort has been rescinded.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
TNRD directs volunteers, services to coordinate through Facebook
KAMLOOPS - As is always the case in these times of emergency, people work together to try and help each other out. The problem is that so many people put out messages, there is no central coordination...
Jul 11, 2017
High profile trials set for next year
KAMLOOPS - It will be next year before two high profile trials begin in Kamloops. Kristopher Teichrieb is facing a charge of attempted murder, and his trial will start January 8th of next year. He was...
Jul 11, 2017
Provincial firefighters struggles to control more than 220 wildfires
KAMLOOPS - Fires rage on across the province after an explosive weekend that saw more than 200 new fires start since Friday. B.C. is under a province-wide state of emergency, and several communities h...
Jul 10, 2017
100 Mile House fire evacuees leaning on Kamloops as safe haven
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University is the biggest evacuation facility for many of the thousands who have been forced to flee their homes. Now evacuees are pouring in from 100 Mile House, forced to ...
Jul 10, 2017
Kamloops RCMP investigating violent attack, stabbing
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man is in Royal Inland Hospital recovering from a serious stab wound today. RCMP say the violent attack happened at about 5:30 this morning. The 31 year old victim of the stabbin...
Jul 10, 2017
