Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
'A bit of a sting'; Tk'emlups Kukpi7 disappointed after losing out on 2027 Indigenous Games
KAMLOOPS - After coming up short in the opportunity to host the 2027 North American Indigenous Games, Tk'emlups Kukpi7 (Chief) Rosanne Casimir spoke on the community coming in second to Calgary."I thi...
Jul 24, 2023
Tense times for evacuees and residents living near Ross Moore Lake fire
KAMLOOPS - Pamela Mason is one of the many residents who had to leave their property due to the growing Ross Moore Lake wildfire and register at the Emergency Support Services Reception Centre at McAr...
Jul 24, 2023
BC Wildfire Service utilizing 'modified response' to 2,000-ha Lower East Adams Lake fire
KAMLOOPS - To the northeast of Kamloops, B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) crews are battling a pair of fires near Adams Lake. The Bush Creek East and Lower East Adams Lake wildfires are burning out of con...
Jul 24, 2023
Ross Moore Lake wildfire grows to 2,600 hectares, no expected changes to evacuations
KAMLOOPS - It was a case of no news is good news from the Thompson Nicola Regional District Monday afternoon (July 24) as the district provided a brief update into the Ross Moore Lake wildfire burning...
Jul 24, 2023
B.C. Amber Alert: Missing children, group, believed to be living 'off-grid'
SURREY - Police are releasing new information as an Amber Alert for two children, believed to be in the company of their mother, her boyfriend and their grandfather, enters its sixth day.Surrey RCMP i...
Jul 24, 2023
Twinning of Trans Canada near Tappen to begin this fall
TAPPEN, B.C. - The latest leg in the massive twinning project on the Trans Canada Highway near Salmon Arm is set to begin this fall.In a news release, the province's Ministry of Transportation and Inf...
Jul 24, 2023
Rattlesnakes, bulls and squirrels: Chase RCMP deal with litany of animal-related calls
KAMLOOPS - What do rattlesnakes, bulls and squirrels have in common? They were all the subject of complaints forwarded to the Chase RCMP detachment over the past few days.In its latest blotter, the de...
Jul 24, 2023
Fire behaviour slows on Ross Moore Lake blaze Monday
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) says the rate of spread on the Ross Moore Lake wildfire south of Kamloops has slowed.In an update to its website at 11:45 a.m. Monday (July 24), BCWS says t...
Jul 24, 2023
Evacuation route tours being held for Juniper Ridge residents
KAMLOOPS - More than two years after a large interface fire threatened homes in Juniper Ridge, the City of Kamloops says residents in the neighbourhood will be able to drive the new emergency evacuati...
Jul 24, 2023
'It's not plutonium': Kamloops ER doc chides top cop and fire chief for fentanyl 'misinformation'
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops emergency physician says he was dismayed to hear the city's top cop and fire chief confirming misinformation about fentanyl at a City of Kamloops committee meeting last week.Spea...
Jul 24, 2023
