Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
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
BC Wildfire Service, conservation officers encourage caution in backcountry
KAMLOOPS - One month after a province-wide state of emergency was declared due to fires burning across B.C., the BC Wildfire Service has yet to issue a broad closure of the backcountry. “There a...
Aug 1, 2017
New Monte Lake fire being held, impacting airport operations
KAMLOOPS - The Martin Mountain fire north of Monte Lake is now 100 per cent contained, but a new fire in the area proves the wildfire risk remains extremely high. The fire, located at the south end of...
Aug 1, 2017
More than 300 buildings destroyed by persistent wildfires across B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Wildfires continue to burn across British Columbia and officials say flames have now destroyed more than 300 buildings. Robert Turner with Emergency Management BC says 71 of the build...
Aug 1, 2017
Thickening smoke around Kamloops keeping most indoors, but not everyone
KAMLOOPS - Thick smoke continues to blanket the city and surround area, much of it drifting from the Elephant Hill wildfire north of Clinton that has now grown to more than 84,000 hectares as of late ...
Aug 1, 2017
Kamloops RCMP Superintendent not worried about higher crime stats
KAMLOOPS - Crime in Kamloops has remained relatively stable over the past three months, according to RCMP Superintendent Brad Mueller. Mueller addressed the statistics today at the City Police Committ...
Jul 31, 2017
Knutsford residents welcome Mexican family evacuated from Williams Lake
KAMLOOPS - It was supposed to be a happy reunion between a pair of sisters; Maritza Gutierrez, who lives in Guadalajara, Mexico was visiting her sister Maria Helena Jackson, a William's Lake resident ...
Jul 31, 2017
Return of Williams Lake residents aids Clinton evacuees
KAMLOOPS - The Elephant Hill fire is burning at a size of more than 78,000 hectares as it moves closer to populated areas. The fire’s rapid growth and behaviour triggered new evacuation orders o...
Jul 31, 2017
Firefighters douse brush fire on West Victoria Street early this morning
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops firefighters moved quickly this morning to put out a brush fire in the downtown area. The fire broke out in some brush in the business section of the 300 block West Victoria street...
Jul 31, 2017
Campgrounds taking a financial hit from wildfires
HEFFLEY LAKE, B.C. - Southern Interior campgrounds are taking a financial hit from the wildfires. David Lumsden and his wife Gail run the Hitch N Rail Resort on Heffley Lake. Lumsden says they’v...
Jul 30, 2017
