Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Nearby boater helps extinguish Shuswap Road fire
KAMLOOPS - A boater is being praised for helping Kamloops Fire Rescue extinguish a blaze. Koyne Watson was boating on the Thompson River Saturday afternoon when he noticed a grass fire had broken out ...
Jul 30, 2017
Crews battling grass fire on East Shuswap Road
UPDATE: East Shuswap Road reopened at around 5:30 p.m. Saturday. EARLIER: KAMLOOPS - Fire crews are battling a grass fire on East Shuswap Road just past Sun Rivers. Fire crews were deployed earlier th...
Jul 29, 2017
Lightning forecast this week, firefighters brace for more blazes
KAMLOOPS - Nine new fires started in B.C. Friday bringing the total burning throughout the province to 148. Chief Information Officer Kevin Skrepnek says the Elephant Hill fire remains at over 70,387 ...
Jul 29, 2017
Thieves and off-road motorists slowing down firefighting efforts
KAMLOOPS - It isn’t just flames firefighters are having to worry about. Chief Provincial Information Officer Kevin Skrepnek says they’ve seen a recent increase in thieves stealing hoses an...
Jul 29, 2017
Former MLA Kevin Krueger calls on Teck to apologize to Highland Valley Copper
KAMLOOPS - Former Liberal MLA and cabinet minister Kevin Krueger is calling on Teck Resources to apologize to Highland Valley Copper employees. Earlier this month Highland Valley workers voted 99.8% t...
Jul 29, 2017
Kamloops police officer punched in the head, witnesses jump in to help
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are looking to speak to the good samitarians who jumped in to help after a police officer was attacked and punched in the head Friday afternoon. Staff Sgt. Edward Preto says R...
Jul 29, 2017
North America's first solar powered sidewalk installed at TRU
KAMLOOPS - Two years into the making, a solar electric road surface was installed at Thompson Rivers University this week. The project is the brainchild of an Environmental Studies professor at the Un...
Jul 28, 2017
Kamloops developer launches gaming app
KAMLOOPS - Last fall we brought you the story of a local man who was hoping to bring gamers the next big social media platform. Today, the app – called Guild Book – is officially live, and...
Jul 28, 2017
Former MLAs praise Christy Clark, say it's time for a change
KAMLOOPS - Former B.C. premier Christy Clark announced her intention to resign today. It’s a decision that will call for a new leader to rise up in the Liberal Party. Clark was a divisive figure...
Jul 28, 2017
TNRD lifts evacuation order for the Boston Flats community
KAMLOOPS - Three weeks after the Elephant Hill wildfire, formerly known as the Ashcroft Reserve wildfire, was sparked, the evacuation order for the community of Boston Flats, which was devastated by t...
Jul 28, 2017
