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UPDATE - Crews make quick work of spot fire near Harper Mountain
UPDATE 6 p.m. - BC Wildfire Service crews made quick work of a spot fire near McGregor Creek, just south of Harper Mountain. The suspected lightning-caused fire was declared out around 5:38 p.m. Monda...
Jul 17, 2023 Location of the McGregor Creek wildfire, near Harper Mountain. (Photo via BC Wildfire Service)
Blazers sign 2008-born forward Ty Bonkowski
The Kamloops Blazers have signed another one of their 2023 WHL Prospects Draft picks to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement. Ty Bonkowski is the third 2008-born player - and the first forward ...
Jul 17, 2023 Ty Bonkowski signs his WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement. (Photo via Kamloops Blazers)
Bush Creek East Fire near Adams Lake grows to 265 hectares
The Bush Creek East Fire burning west of Adams Lake has grown to an estimated 265 hectares in size. Fire Information Officer Melanie Bibeau says the change in size from the previous estimate of 165 he...
Jul 17, 2023 The Bush Creek East Fire near Adams Lake. (Photo via BC Wildfire Service)
Pacific Coastal to launch new Kamloops to Victoria flight in October
Kamloops is getting a new direct flight to Victoria, starting Oct. 17. Pacific Coastal Airlines will connect the Tournament Capital to the Provincial Capital six days a week, from Sunday to Friday, un...
Jul 17, 2023 A Pacific Coastal Beechcraft 1900D aircraft. (Photo via Pacific Coastal Airlines)
Emergencies minister mobilizes military to help fight B.C. wildfires
Federal assistance including military resources are being mobilized to help British Columbia's fight against hundreds of wildfires, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair anno...
Jul 14, 2023 A view of the Nohomin Creek fire looking west from across the Fraser Canyon on July 21. (Photo via BC Wildfire Service)
Nicola Lake beaches closed due to toxic cyanobacteria bloom
Interior Health has closed the beach along Nicola Lake, northeast of Merritt, because of the presence of an "active toxin-producing cyanobacteria bloom." The closure order - which includes Monck Provi...
Jul 14, 2023 Nicola Lake (Photo via TNRD)
B.C. phasing out single-use plastics, giving businesses six months to use inventory
British Columbia is phasing out the use of a range of single-use and disposable plastics with businesses being given six months to use up their inventory. Environment Minister George Heyman says the n...
Jul 14, 2023 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
More work needed for curbside organics program to expand: City of Kamloops
The City of Kamloops says more work will need to be done before it can add multi-family buildings that have communal garbage dumpsters and the commercial sector to the soon to be expanded curbside org...
Jul 14, 2023 Photo via City of Kamloops
RCMP say BC Wildfire fighter killed by falling tree near Revelstoke
BC RCMP say 19-year-old wildfire fighter, Devyn Gale, was part of a team clearing brush in a remote area near Revelstoke when she was killed by a falling tree yesterday, July 13. "Our hearts and thoug...
Jul 14, 2023
UPDATE - Highway 8 reopens after 20-hour closure due to mudslide
UPDATE 4:30 p.m. - Drive BC says Highway 8 between Merritt and Spences Bridge has reopened after a nearly 20 hour closure due to a mudslide. The highway was closed around 8 p.m. last night, July 13, w...
Jul 14, 2023
