Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Wells Gray Provincial Park backcountry access re-opened
KAMLOOPS - Great news for outdoor enthusiasts as backcountry access has been re-opened in Wells Gray Provincial Park. The decision to rescind the closure was made by BC Parks and Recreation Sites and ...
Sep 12, 2017
More Elephant Hill wildfire evacuees headed home
KAMLOOPS - Favourable weather conditions have allowed the Thompson-Nicola Regional District to rescind more evacuation orders related to the Elephant Hill wildfire. Effective immediately, property own...
Sep 12, 2017
Involved in a highway crash Monday? RCMP want to talk to you
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are looking for some more information after a high-speed highway crash Monday. At about 8:30 a.m., police received a report that a car was travelling at excessive speed eastbound on th...
Sep 12, 2017
Kamloops chefs connect with local producers at Farm2Chefs
KAMLOOPS - When you go out to eat, how often do you consider just where it is that food came from? That's the question many local chefs answered on Sunday, as the annual Farm2Chefs grazing event was h...
Sep 11, 2017
KSAR on track for record year despite quiet summer
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Search and Rescue is closing in on a record year. “Definitely it’s been the busiest year so far,” said Search Manager Alan Hobler. “We’re currently at...
Sep 11, 2017
Couple returns home to Heffley Lake after scare with Hurricane Irma
HEFFLEY LAKE, B.C. - Bodie Shandro is home safe from Florida, but he can’t stop watching CNN, still very much worried about friends still affected in the Florida Keys and Virgin Islands by Hurri...
Sep 11, 2017
Wildfire suppression costs near half-a-billion dollars
KAMLOOPS - The cost of fighting wildfires in B.C. is about to hit another unenviable milestone. During a teleconference today, Kevin Skrepnek, chief fire information officer with the BC Wildfire Servi...
Sep 11, 2017
Cooler, showery weather in the forecast for Kamloops area
KAMLOOPS - Help is on the way from Mother Nature. Environment Canada meteorologist Doug Lundquist says some rain should arrive in Kamloops tomorrow once the current ridge of high pressure lessens. ...
Sep 11, 2017
KTTA hopeful NDP will inject more dollars into school district
KAMLOOPS - The President of the Kamloops Thompson Teachers’ Association is hopeful the new NDP government will listen to School District 73’s cry for more capital dollars. “John Horg...
Sep 10, 2017
Interior Health lifts Smoky Skies Bulletin across the province
KAMLOOPS - Kamloopsians can breathe easy. At least for now. Early Sunday afternoon Interior Health lifted the Smoky Skies Bulletin for the province due to improving air quality. The decision was made ...
Sep 10, 2017
