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Merritt native named new head of B.C.'s police watchdog
The Ministry of the Attorney General has appointed Jessica Berglund as the new leader for the province's police watchdog. Berglund, a Merritt native, will serve as Chief Civilian director of the Indep...
Aug 09, 2024 Jessica Berglund. (Photo via Khalid Hawe / B.C. Ministry of the Attorney General / Handout / The Canadian Press)
Farwell Bridge over Chilcotin River closed because of riverbank cracks
A bridge over British Columbia's Chilcotin River is closed to traffic until further notice after new cracks were discovered near a massive landslide that had blocked the river for days before a breach...
Aug 09, 2024 Debris is seen flowing down the Chilcotin River and into the Fraser River following a landslide near Williams Lake, in a Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, handout photo. (Photo via Tsilhqot'in National Government, via The Canadian Press)
B.C. First Nations say Chilcotin River landslide, flood hit heritage sites, salmon
First Nations in British Columbia's central Interior are measuring the impacts of a massive landslide that blocked the Chilcotin River for days, followed by a subsequent torrent of water that sent tre...
Aug 08, 2024 Aerial photo of Chilcotin slide zone/via Willie Sellars
Permanent repairs to Highway 8 to begin 'soon' as contractor chosen
The BC Government says three years of work to permanently repair the Highway 8 corridor between Merritt and Spences Bridge will begin soon. It has chosen Aecon-Emil Anderson Construction General Partn...
Aug 08, 2024 Temporary bridge built over the Nicola River along Highway 8/via MOTI
Hullcar Mountain fire prompts new evacuation orders and alerts
The Columbia Shuswap Regional District has issued evacuation orders and alerts because of the Hullcar Mountain wildfire near Armstrong and Enderby. There are 17 CSRD properties along Salmon River Road...
Aug 07, 2024 The Hullcar Mountain fire as seen from Salmon River Road near Felix Road around 9 p.m. on Aug. 5, 2024. (Photo via Kim Shatzko Gaunt)
B.C. provides $20M to expand travel, accommodation funding for cancer patients
The British Columbia government is providing $20 million over two years to support travel and lodging for cancer patients in the province. A statement from the Ministry of Health says the funding for ...
Aug 07, 2024 Photo: BC Health Minister Adrian Dix announcing Cancer Patients will have faster access to radiation treatment (Photo via Province of BC, Flickr)
New accessible viewing platform at Helmcken Falls reopens
A new accessible viewing platform at Helmcken Falls in Wells Gray Provincial Park is now open to the public. Claire Hanna, the Executive Director of Tourism Wells Gray, says the new platform - which w...
Aug 07, 2024 A look at the new viewing platform at Helmcken Falls in Wells Gray Provincial Park. (Photo via Tourism Wells Gray)
Blazers sign 2007-born Czech forward Vit Zahejsky
Vit Zahejsky is coming to Kamloops. The Blazers signed the 2007-born Czech forward to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement, a little over a month after they took him second overall at the 2024 ...
Aug 07, 2024 Vit Zahejsky in action for HC Energie Karlovy Vary. (Photo via Daniel Kubelka)
Proposed 180-unit Ord Road housing development poised to go before Kamloops Council
A plan to add 180 housing units along Ord Road is expected to go before Kamloops City Council on Tuesday of next week, Aug. 13. Development Director Marvin Kwiatkowski says the applicant is seeking to...
Aug 07, 2024 Signboard at the location of a proposed 180 unit housing development at 2550 Ord Road. (Photo via Victor Kaisar)
TNRD eases evacuation orders, alerts near Shetland Creek, Dunn Creek wildfires
There is some good news on the fire front in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District this Tuesday. The TNRD has given 36 properties which had been on alert due to the Dunn Creek Wildfire east of Little ...
Aug 06, 2024 Fire burning on a hillside inside the Shetland Creek wildfire zone/via BC Wildfire Service
