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Major power outage in Aberdeen area caused by bird strike on hydro pole
Over 2,000 customers in the Aberdeen area are without power Wednesday morning. BC Hydro says the cause of the outage is being investigated, though it is believed to be because of a fire beneath a powe...
Jul 12, 2023 Firefighters dousing a grassfire in the Aberdeen area on July 12, 2023. (Photo via Nathan Ritchie)
Tk'emlúps band members picked riverfront property as site for Healing Centre and elders lodge: Kukpi7 Casimir
The Chief of Tk'emlps te Secwepemc says work to build a new Healing Centre is moving ahead now that a location has been identified. Speaking on NL Newsday, Rosanne Casimir says the 10.5 hectare riverf...
Jul 11, 2023
Sun Peaks mayor disagrees with plans to keep evacuation plans private for now
While evacuation plans have been developed for the community of Sun Peaks, it is being kept away from the public eye, at least for now. The municipality says it will only share the plans - which were ...
Jul 10, 2023
Evacuation drills could be coming to other Kamloops neighbourhoods: Fire Chief
It'll be residents of Juniper Ridge first, but Kamloopsians across the city could be put though evacuation drills in the near future. Fire Chief Ken Uzeloc says the goal is to give people first-hand a...
Jul 04, 2023 The lightning-caused Juniper East fire in Kamloops on July 1, 2021.
KFR, City of Kamloops to stage mock evacuation drills in Juniper Ridge next month
With the two-year anniversary of the Juniper East wildfire nearly upon us, Kamloops Fire Rescue says preparations are underway for a mock evacuation of the community in the next few weeks. Fire Chief ...
Jun 30, 2023 A line up of vehicles trying to evacuate on July 1, 2021. (Photo via John Cantelo)
B.C. must urgently change forest strategies or face more wildfire disasters: report
British Columbia's independent forests watchdog is calling for the provincial government to make critical changes to how it manages forests to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. The report, re...
Jun 30, 2023 The Sparks Lake wildfire northwest of Kamloops on June 30, 2021. (Photo via BC Wildfire Service)
Backfilling work to get underway as Lytton marks two-year anniversary of devastating wildfire
Ceremonies are taking place today in Lytton to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the of the devastating Lytton Creek Fire which destroyed about 90 per cent of the community on June 30, 2021. May...
Jun 30, 2023 Village of Lytton BC, as of May 11, 2023 (Photo: Ian Gregson, Facebook)
6th Avenue bike lane in downtown Kamloops nearing completion
The City of Kamloops says restoration and landscape work continues through the 6th Avenue bike lane construction zone downtown. Crews are scheduled to begin painting road lines on 6th Avenue between C...
Jun 30, 2023 A look at the 6th Avenue bike lane under construction on June 30, 2023. (Photo via Victor Kaisar)
TRU seeking approval for more density in student housing
Kamloops council has given the first two readings to a bylaw amendment that would allow Thompson Rivers University to almost double the number of units per hectare on a property in College Heights, ju...
Jun 29, 2023 Thompson Rivers University sign at the east entrance as seen on Oct. 2, 2017. (Photo via TRU)
Blazers' Finnie, Levis drafted in seventh round of 2023 NHL Draft
A pair of Kamloops Blazers forwards had to wait until the seventh round of the NHL Draft to hear their names called. Emmitt Finnie was picked by the Detroit Red Wings 201st overall while teammate Conn...
Jun 29, 2023 Kamloops Blazers forwards Emmitt Finniie (left) and Connor Levis (right) were picked in the seventh round of the 2023 NHL Draft. (Photo via Kamloops Blazers)
