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More daily heat records set in B.C. as heat warnings continue
Environment Canada says 17 daily high temperature records were tied or set in B.C. yesterday. Preliminary data shows the Trail area was the hot spot for July 10, recording a daily high of 40.5 C, brea...
Jul 11, 2024 alexisnyal / CC
B.C. rejects Bonnie Henry's report backing non-prescribed alternatives to fentanyl
B.C's Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry joked that "the earth shook" with Thursday's release of her report on the safer-supply drug program, referring to an earthquake lightly felt on Vancouv...
Jul 11, 2024 Dr. Bonnie Henry during a COVID-19 update briefing. (Photo via BC Government)
Olynyk to captain Canadian men's basketball team at 2024 Paris Olympics
Canada has unveiled its Olympic men's basketball team and to no surprise, Kelly Olynyk will be one of the 12 players heading to Paris later this month. Olynyk - the South Kamloops Secondary graduate -...
Jul 10, 2024 Kelly Olynyk in action for Team Canada. (Photo via Canada Basketball/Canadian Olympic Committee)
RCMP release pictures of suspects in gang related shooting in North Kamloops
Kamloops RCMP are asking for help in identifying a pair of suspects connected to last Wednesday's gang-related shooting near the Sandbar Grill that left a 40-year-old man with serious, non-life-threat...
Jul 10, 2024 A picture showing the two suspects involved in the July 3 shooting near the Sandbar Grill. (Photo vial Kamloops RCMP)
Kamloops seniors picnic rescheduled to September because of ongoing heat wave
The annual Seniors' Picnic in Kamloops - which was due to be held this Friday, July 12, has been postponed by two months because of the ongoing heat wave. Community and Culture Coordinator Chelsea Tek...
Jul 10, 2024 Photo via Mary Putnam
Drugs, weapons seized after police presence at Sahali coffee shop
Kamloops RCMP say there was a large police presence at a Sahali coffee shop this morning after a man dropped what appeared to be a handgun. Mounties say they were called to the 900-block of Columbia S...
Jul 10, 2024 Photo via Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
Water restrictions in Merritt to last until at least Thursday
The City of Merritt says it won't be lifting water restrictions today, even though a pump that failed has been fixed. CAO Cynthia White says its because water sprayed onto the electrical system at the...
Jul 10, 2024 Photo via City of Merritt
New temperature records set or tied in 37 B.C. communities Tuesday as heat wave drags on
Environment Canada says high temperature records for July 9 were either set or tied in 37 different communities across British Columbia as the heat wave drags on. That includes Kamloops, where the mer...
Jul 10, 2024
Loop operator blames Kamloops staff, council for lack of cooling centre this weekend
Now that there are several options available across Kamloops for people to find a reprieve from oppressive heat, the operator of The Loop Drop-in Centre says someone at the city dropped the ball. Spea...
Jul 09, 2024 Public entrance to the Sandman Center in downtown Kamloops, which has previously been used as a cooling center during heat protocols/via Victor Kaisar
B.C. to bring in provincewide campfire ban on July 12
The BC Wildfire Service will be bringing in a provincewide campfire ban at noon this Friday, July 12. It says the ban - which was already scheduled to take effect across the Kamloops Fire Centre - is ...
Jul 09, 2024 Photo via TNRD
