Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Interior Health working to vaccinate highest risk populations against monkeypox
KAMLOOPS - British Columbia has announced that there are 61 cases of monkeypox in the province, most of which were detected in the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority. As of July 27, there was no confi...
Jul 29, 2022 Image: Scaliger / Dreamstime
Evening closure coming to Ashcroft's emergency department
ASHCROFT - The Ashcroft Hospital's Emergency Department will be closed briefly tonight (July 29). Interior Health is warning residents that the department will go on diversion tonight between the hour...
Jul 29, 2022
Smoky skies bulletin issued for South Thompson
KAMLOOPS - With hazy smoke from nearby wildfires lingering over the Interior today (July 29), Environment Canada has issued a special air quality statement. The smoky skies bulletin for the South Thom...
Jul 29, 2022
Clearwater emergency department temporarily closing Friday night
CLEARWATER - The emergency department at the hospital in Clearwater will once again be closed overnight. Residents are being told that the Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital's emergency department will be...
Jul 29, 2022
TNRD downgrades evacuation order for properties affected by Nohomin Creek wildfire
LYTTON, B.C. - An evacuation order for 24 properties in the Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) in response to the Nohomin Creek wildfire near Lytton has been downgraded to an evacuation alert.In...
Jul 29, 2022
Power restored for customers affected by Nohomin Creek wildfire: BC Hydro
LYTTON, B.C. -BC Hydro says crews have rebuilt and re-energized a section of a power line that was lost to the Nohomin Creek wildfire near Lytton in mid-July.In a news release Friday (July 29), BC Hyd...
Jul 29, 2022
Eight patients sent to hospital after three-vehicle crash west of Sicamous
SICAMOUS, B.C. - A total of eight patients were sent to hospital after a three-vehicle crash at RW Bruhn Bridge west of Sicamous.BC Emergency Health Services told CFJC Today they received the call at ...
Jul 29, 2022
Several new wildfires sparked in Kamloops Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service is responding to several new fire starts in the Kamloops Fire Centre, amid an ongoing heat event accompanied by lightning strikes last evening and early this morning...
Jul 29, 2022
Wildfire near Lytton grows to 2,660 hectares, expected to grow by midday
LYTTON, B.C. - The Nohomin Creek wildfire burning near Lytton has grown to 2,660 hectares.In an update Thursday night (July 28), the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) says temperatures reaching 41 degrees ...
Jul 29, 2022
Othello section of Coquihalla will see permanent repairs begin soon
HOPE, B.C. - The Othello section of the Coquihalla will see work to permanently repair the highway begin in the coming weeks.A $4.6-million contract for the section of the highway that suffered signif...
Jul 29, 2022
