Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Playback Theatre workshop at TRU
KAMLOOPS - Playback Theatre is a form of applied theatre and is being offered this fall at Thompson Rivers University (TRU). It is open to actors and non actors, students, faculty, staff and community...
Aug 27, 2023
Rising temperatures expected to increase activity in Ross Moore Lake wildfire
KAMLOOPS - B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) says fire behaviour in the Ross Moore Lake wildfire is expected to increase with higher temperatures forecasted. However, no strong winds is expected. Crews are...
Aug 26, 2023
Bush Creek East: Increase in fire behaviour with rising temperature
KAMLOOPS - Fire behaviour within the Bush Creek East wildfire is expected to increase with rising temperatures according to the latest update from the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS). Active fire spots wil...
Aug 26, 2023
Community comes together to help neighbors impacted by wildfire
KAMLOOPS - The donation collected on Wednesday (Aug. 23) in Kamloops has been delivered to the Lakeview Community Centre in Anglemont. Abbey Bereti, a Kamloops woman filled a 53-foot trailer with good...
Aug 26, 2023
'That's good news'; Residents in North Shuswap happy with Highway 1 reopening
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 ...
Aug 25, 2023
Squilax First Nation announce 31 homes were lost due to Bush Creek East wildfire
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 ...
Aug 25, 2023
Big send-off for Costa Rican firefighters leaving Knutsford
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...
Aug 25, 2023
FortisBC offering energy credits to evacuated home owners and businesses
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 ...
Aug 25, 2023
131 structures lost in Shuswap as a result of Bush Creek East wildfire
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...
Aug 25, 2023
Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon to remain closed through weekend
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...
Aug 25, 2023
