Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
BC welcomes Mexican firefighters to help with wildfire situation
KAMLOOPS - With more than 100 wildfires still burning in British Columbia, and no end in sight to the hot, dry weather, there looks to be no reprieve for the BC Wildfire Service, and others battling t...
Aug 4, 2017
Evacuation Order for Skeetchestn Indian Band
KAMLOOPS - An evacuation order has been issued by the Skeetchestn Indian Band for the Skeetchestn Indian Reserve Lands, Reserve #0 this afternoon, as the Elephant Hill fire grows closer to their commu...
Aug 4, 2017
Habitat for Humanity breaks ground on Westsyde home
KAMLOOPS - Earlier this year we told you about two Kamloops families chosen as the recipients of this year’s Habitat for Humanity home. Like the organization itself, the home build is a project ...
Aug 3, 2017
KXA Animal Evacuation Centre in need of donations
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Exhibition Grounds has been playing host to numerous animals rescued from wildfire threatened regions, and the KXA Evac Centre is now asking for help. Manager Judy Banks says t...
Aug 3, 2017
Kamloops' air quality reaches dangerous new level
KAMLOOPS - The air quality in Kamloops is currently among the worst on record. UPDATE - Friday morning, the index sat at 8, expected to reach at least 10 before the day is out. EARLIER - As of 3 p.m.,...
Aug 3, 2017
Evacuee charged with arson and mischief
KAMLOOPS - An evacuee from Williams Lake has been charged with arson and mischief after an incident at a Kamloops hotel. In a news release, RCMP Corporal Jodi Shelkie says police were called to a dist...
Aug 3, 2017
Elephant Hill wildfire stabilizing, winds moving fire away from Clinton
KAMLOOPS - Mother Nature is giving the 361 firefighters a break while working on the Elephant Hill wildfire that’s burning northeast of the Village of Clinton. The fire remains stable with no ne...
Aug 2, 2017
GlobalMedic providing cleanup kits, free laundry service to evacuees
KAMLOOPS - GlobalMedic volunteers are providing cleanup kits to evacuees today (Aug 2). 300 buckets have been packed full of household cleaners and supplies to be handed out at the Emergency Reception...
Aug 2, 2017
Falling ash and rising smoke create interesting effect in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It was an interesting sky over Kamloops Tuesday night. Kamloops Fire and Rescue received a number of calls, as did CFJC Today, wondering whether or not there was a new fire because of what ...
Aug 2, 2017
Pushing for Change: Youth Homelessness Advocate strides into Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - As a young man, Joe Roberts found himself homeless on Vancouver's downtown east side, collecting empty cans in a shopping cart to earn money to support his drug habit. Fast forward almost 3...
Aug 1, 2017
