Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - Highway one may be reopened to the public, but the damage has been done. 131 structures were lost in the Shuswap as a result of the Bush Creek East wildfire. The highway reopened on Friday ...

KAMLOOPS - The Chief of Skwlax te Secwepemculecw Jamie Tomma and his brothers spoke to the media Friday (August 25) explaining how much of an effect the Bush Creek East Wildfire has on them and their ...

KNUTSFORD- Mucho gracias and thank you was the motto for Knutsford residents on Thursday evening. In awe of the firefighting efforts in their community, Knutsford residents held a pizza party send-off...

KAMLOOPS - FortisBC says it will not charge residents and businesses of evacuated properties for any energy used over the period of their evacuation order.In a news release Friday (Aug. 25), FortisBC ...

KAMLOOPS - The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) says the Bush Creek East fire that swept through the Shuswap last weekend, destroyed 131 structures and damaged another 37. The figures are con...

CHILLIWACK - The provincial government says Highway 1 between Boston Bar and Lytton will remain closed through the weekend. The road was closed on Aug.17 when the Kookipi Creek wildfire approached a 1...

UPDATE (10 a.m.): DriveBC confirms the Trans Canada Highway between Chase and Sorrento did reopen to the public at 10 a.m. Friday. However, DriveBC stresses that no stopping will be permitted along th...

KAMLOOPS - There is a positive turn of events connected to the Ross Moore Lake wildfire south of Kamloops. The Thompson Nicola Regional District has downgraded an Evacuation Order connected to the fir...

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has expanded an Evacuation Order north of Lytton due to the ongoing growth of the Stein Mountain wildfire. The latest order was delivered Thursd...

KAMLOOPS - Tensions were high as a large group of people with food and supplies confronted a police roadblock along Highway 1 in the Shuswap Wednesday (Aug. 23). They were hoping to gain access and br...