Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Smoky skies still a problem, but lightning danger drops off
KAMLOOPS - While the skies were looking pretty decent earlier this morning, smoke is starting to return to the valley, and Environment Canada has kept the Special Air Quality statement in place for mo...
Aug 14, 2017
Fire crews brace for lightning in Kamloops and surrounding areas
KAMLOOPS - Lightning could strike in Kamloops tonight. Environment Canada Meteorologist Lisa West says a cold front is currently travelling over the province bringing blue skies but also an unstable a...
Aug 13, 2017
Car accidents keep Kamloops Fire Rescue busy over the weekend
KAMLOOPS - It isn’t grassfires keeping Kamloops Fire Rescue busy. Assistant Chief Dave McMahon says crews tended to a large volume of car accidents over the weekend. On Saturday KFR responded to...
Aug 13, 2017
Resident finds grenade in Lower Sahali, RCMP Demolition Unit called in
KAMLOOPS - UPDATED - It wasn’t your average find. Kamloops RCMP Staff Sgt. Edward Preto says a nearby resident found what appeared to be a grenade at the corner of Grandview Terrace and West Col...
Aug 13, 2017
Police investigate suspicious house fire on the North Shore
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are investigating a suspicious house fire on the North Shore. Staff Sgt. Robert Daly says RCMP and Kamloops Fire Rescue were called out to a house fire in the 300 block of Maple Street...
Aug 12, 2017
City of Kamloops questioning Ajax assessment process
KAMLOOPS - This week’s report that the Ajax mine won’t have any significant environmental impacts has the City of Kamloops questioning the review process. The provincial and federal enviro...
Aug 11, 2017
One driver dead following Trans Canada crash
SAVONA, B.C. - A Cariboo man is dead following a head-on collision on the Trans Canada Highway just east of Savona. Central Interior Traffic Services Sergeant Mike Pears says the man was travelling ea...
Aug 11, 2017
Kids show off new tricks at circus camp conclusion
KAMLOOPS - They haven’t run away from home, but 17 kids have joined the circus in Kamloops. The group of 5-18-year-olds were participating in the Kamloops Circus Camp this week, held at South Sa...
Aug 11, 2017
Smoke relatively calm for Kamloops Ribfest kickoff
KAMLOOPS - The smoke cleared and the sun came out just in time to kick off the sixth annual Kamloops Ribfest. It’s one of the city’s most popular events of the year and began Friday mornin...
Aug 11, 2017
A change in the weather coming tomorrow
KAMLOOPS - A low pressure trough is expected to make its entrance in to the BC Interior today and tomorrow, disrupting the stagnant air mass that has caused smoke to blanket the region for days. But E...
Aug 11, 2017
