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UPDATE - New fire near Lac Le Jeune to blame for massive plume of smoke in Kamloops
UPDATE 9 p.m. - The BC Wildfire Service says the Ross Moore Lake fire near Lac Le Jeune has grown to 95 hectares in size. It is burning out of control about 24 kilometres south of Kamloops though bill...
Jul 21, 2023 The Ross Moore Lake fire near Lac Le Jeune on July 21, 2023. (Photo via BC Wildfire Service)
Calgary wins bid for 2027 North American Indigenous Games
The 2027 North American Indigenous Games will be held in Calgary. It beat out the bid from Kamloops and Tk'emlps te Secwepemc, with the games set to return to Alberta for the first time since the inau...
Jul 21, 2023 Team Alberta athletes during the opening ceremony of the 2023 North American Indigenous Games 2023 in Halifax. (Photo via Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press)
Surrey RCMP launch tip line in missing B.C. children's alleged abduction
Surrey RCMP have launched a dedicated tip line linked to the ongoing BC-wide Amber Alert for 8-year old Aurora Bolton and 10-year-old Joshuah Bolton. Police allege the two children were abducted by th...
Jul 21, 2023 Aurora Bolton and Joshua Bolton
Lower East Adams Lake now 219 ha; burning away from properties on evacuation alert
The Lower East Adams Lake wildfire has grown to 219 hectares in size, according to the most recent update from the BC Wildfire Service. Information Officer Melanie Bibeau says it is growing towards th...
Jul 21, 2023 The Lower East Adams Lake Fire (Photo via BC Wildfire Service)
UPDATE - Scuitto Creek fire near Knutsford being held at 14 hectares
UPDATE 6:15 p.m. - The BC Wildfire Service says the Scuitto Creek wildfire, about 11 kilometres southeast of Kamloops, is currently being held at 14 hectares. It means the wildfire is unlikely to spre...
Jul 21, 2023 Photo via BC Wildfire Service
UPDATE - BCWS responding to several new fires after Thursday thunderstorm
The BC Wildfire Service says there have been several new fires in the Kamloops Fire Centre after the thunderstorm that rolled through the region yesterday. It says there were 628 lightning strikes acr...
Jul 21, 2023 Photo via KamScan
Copperhead Drive extension work in Kamloops set to begin
Work on the Copperhead Drive extension in Pineview is set to begin this month. The City of Kamloops says Acres Enterprises will be working on Phase One of the three-phase project which will eventually...
Jul 21, 2023 Photo via City of Kamloops
Concerns about water access at Noble Creek irrigation system remain high as river levels drop
Farmers in Kamloops who use the Noble Creek irrigation system may have to find their own sources of water this summer, if this summer's drought forces the system to run dry before a planned decommissi...
Jul 20, 2023 Photo via Pixabay
TNRD, CSRD issue evacuation alerts due to Lower East Adams Lake wildfire
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District and the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District have issued evacuation alerts due to the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire. While the TNRD's alert covers just one propert...
Jul 20, 2023
RCMP say Verity Bolton, linked to BC-wide Amber Alert, spotted in Kamloops July 15
Surrey RCMP say Verity Bolton, the mother of two children who are subject of the BC-wide Amber Alert, was spotted leaving the Superstore in Kamloops on July 15. They say her two children - eight-year-...
Jul 20, 2023 Verity Bolton leaving the a Kamloops grocery store on July 15. (Photo via RCMP)
