Tag Archives: Paramedics/Fire
Repeat Nanaimo fentanyl trafficker serving back-to-back jail sentences
NANAIMO - A drug trafficker caught red-handed by Nanaimo RCMP was sentenced to an additional three and a half years in jail, less than three months after he was put away for separate local drug offenc...
Aug 05, 2021
Evacuation orders issued for Westwold, Monte Lake, and Falkland due to White Rock Lake fire
KAMLOOPS - Evacuation orders were issued for 271 properties in the vicinity of Westwold and Monte Lake, and all of the Falkland and Cedar Hill area late Wednesday (Aug. 4) evening.The orders from the ...
Aug 04, 2021
Skeetchestn leadership calling for change in wildfire fighting as residents return to charred landscape
SKEETCHESTN - Skeetchestn evacuees were able to return home today (Aug. 4), as the threat from the still out-of-control Sparks Lake fire has reduced.The wildfire was discovered in late June, and Kukpi...
Aug 04, 2021
Condition of Nanaimo dirt bike rider improves after serious Rock City Rd. crash
NANAIMO - A man involved in a dirt bike crash on Nanaimo's Rock City Rd. is expected to survive.Nanaimo RCMP Cst. Gary O'Brien informed NanaimoNewsNOW the man is in stable condition after he lost cont...
Aug 04, 2021
Planned ignitions underway for Flat Lake wildfire as conditions improve in the Cariboo
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Conditions improved around the 53,211 hectare Flat Lake wildfire Tuesday (Aug. 3) afternoon, allowing B.C. Wildfire Service officials to give the green light to conduct strategi...
Aug 04, 2021
TNRD partially downgrades evacuation order due to Sparks Lake wildfire
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) partially downgraded an evacuation order Wednesday (Aug. 4).The evacuation order for 20 properties in the Copper Desert Country electoral area, ...
Aug 04, 2021
BC Wildfire Service: Light rain did not impact fires
KAMLOOPS - Rainfall over the weekend helped ease some of the evacuation orders across the Thompson Nicola region, but it was not enough to have an impact on the wildfires of note in the Kamloops Fire ...
Aug 03, 2021
Evacuation alert partially lifted near Canim Lake wildfire
WILLIAMS LAKE - Two evacuation alerts due to the 3,026-hectare Canim Lake wildfire were lifted by the Cariboo Regional District on Tuesday (Aug. 3).Portions of the Canim Lake alert areas northeast of ...
Aug 03, 2021
Evacuation alert due to Flat Lake wildfire partially lifted
WILLIAMS LAKE - Two evacuation alerts due to the 52,800-hectare Flat Lake wildfire were lifted by the Cariboo Regional District on Tuesday (Aug. 3).Portions of the Green Lake and Horse Lake-Sheridan L...
Aug 03, 2021
Whitecroft properties given all clear as Embleton Mountain wildfire is being held
KAMLOOPS - An evacuation alert has been rescinded to give the all clear for 153 properties near Whitecroft.The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) stated on Tuesday (Aug. 3) that the 991-hectare ...
Aug 03, 2021
