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Nanaimo man killed in early-morning ATV rollover crash
NANAIMO - An ATV accident has killed a local man south of Nanaimo.Emergency crews were called to a gravel road off Nanaimo River Rd., near Gogo's Christmas Tree farm on South Forks Rd. in the morning ...
Jul 05, 2021
Significant expansion made to City of Nanaimo's SARC building
NANAIMO - Crews are concluding $660,000 worth of upgrades to the City's downtown Service and Resource Centre, home to roughly 200 civil servants. The City's director of finance Laura Mercer said it be...
Jul 05, 2021
B.C. government provides guidelines on what to do in an evacuation order and alert
VICTORIA - Due to the ongoing threat of wildfires to communities and citizens, many communities around British Columbia have been put on evacuation order or evacuation alert, and the B.C. government i...
Jul 04, 2021
TNRD issues evacuation order for Sabiston Creek properties due to Sparks Lake wildfire
KAMLOOPS - An evacuation order has been issued in the vicinity of Sabiston Lake by Chair Ken Gillis from the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) at the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) in Kamloo...
Jul 04, 2021
'Hurts so much:' Over 1,000 Nunavut children on wait-list for dental surgery
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A Nunavut woman says her 12-year-old son lost 15 pounds while waiting to have a tooth removed this year. The boy in Rankin Inlet was recently one of more than 1,000 children on the ...
Jul 04, 2021
Area Restriction Order at Lytton Creek Complex
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Wildfire Service has implemented an Area Restriction Order for the vicinity of the Lytton Creek Complex. The size of the area restriction reflects the continued need to protect the...
Jul 03, 2021
Evacuations and wildfires of note updated at Thompson-Nicola Regional District meeting
UPDATE 1:30 AM July 4 The Skeetchstn Indian Band has issued an evacuation order as of 10:00 PM Saturday July 2nd. The order was issued because of movement in the Sparks Lake wildfire. The order affect...
Jul 03, 2021
United Way B.C. commits $200,000 to wildfire recovery fund
KAMLOOPS - With the devastation in Lytton this week due to a wildfire, and other fires that impact numerous regions in B.C., United Way is providing support for both intermediate and long-term recover...
Jul 03, 2021
Tourism Kamloops accepting donations for wildfire evacuees
KAMLOOPS - A donation trailer has been set up at the Concession at Riverside Park.Tourism Kamloops is collecting essential items for evacuees who had to leave their homes without their belongings amid...
Jul 03, 2021
Source of RIH COVID-19 outbreak under investigation by Interior Health
KAMLOOPS - On Wednesday (June 30), Interior Health declared a COVID-19 outbreak was taking place at Royal Inland Hospital. The outbreak was reported in the surgical unit on Six South.Six South remains...
Jul 02, 2021
