Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
B.C. Highway Patrol delivers safety message ahead of long weekend
KAMLOOPS - Roads are expected to be busier than usual during the upcoming August long weekend. With that in mind, B.C. Highway Patrol is asking all drivers to be extra careful. According to Cst. Mike ...
Aug 3, 2023
Surprise northerly winds sank BC Wildfire projection on Lower East Adams Lake fire
KAMLOOPS - On Tuesday (Aug. 1), the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) tweeted that a BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) model showed 'minimal fire growth in the area of concern for Dorian Bay,' a smal...
Aug 3, 2023
TNRD issues evacuation alert for 12 lakefront properties due to Bush Creek East wildfire
ADAMS LAKE, B.C. - While the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire threatens the east side of Adams Lake, another fire is bearing down on the west side.Thursday afternoon (Aug. 3), the Thompson Nicola Region...
Aug 3, 2023
Motorcyclist injured in crash with Kamloops police cruiser dies in hospital
KAMLOOPS - A motorcyclist who was involved in a crash with a Kamloops RCMP vehicle has died.In an update Thursday (Aug. 3), B.C.'s police watchdog - the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) - says ...
Aug 3, 2023
City of Kamloops to increase water use restrictions as region experiences extreme drought
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will increase water use restrictions as the region experiences an extreme level of drought. In a news release issued Thursday (Aug. 3) morning, the city says the restri...
Aug 3, 2023
'Just exploded this afternoon': Adams Lake evacuee recalls wall of fire approaching
ADAMS LAKE, B.C. - The Lower East Adams Lake wildfire turned 180 degrees on Wednesday (Aug. 2), moving toward the community of Dorian Bay and spreading rapidly across the hillside above the lake, leav...
Aug 3, 2023
Kamloops RCMP reviewing tense interaction, rough arrest caught on video
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are reviewing the circumstances surrounding a pair of arrests made in front of City Hall Monday (July 31).Video posted to social media shows the tail end of an interaction bet...
Aug 3, 2023
Elizabeth Fry Society opens 14 housing units for women and children escaping violence in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Fourteen new safe spaces are open for women and children escaping violence in Kamloops.In a news release issued Thursday (Aug. 3) morning, the B.C. government announced itself, through BC H...
Aug 3, 2023
No structures lost despite Adams Lake wildfire growth: BC Wildfire Service
ADAMS LAKE, B.C. - Despite growth downslope toward the community of Dorian Bay Wednesday evening (Aug. 2), the BC Wildfire Service reports there were no structures lost to the Lower East Adams Lake wi...
Aug 3, 2023
Lower East Adams Lake wildfire races toward Dorian Bay community Wednesday; evacuation underway
ADAMS LAKE, B.C. - UPDATE (9:30 p.m.): The Thompson Nicola Regional District has issued an evacuation alert for 75 properties on the west side of Adams Lake, across the lake from the Lower East Adams ...
Aug 2, 2023
