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Airlines increasing capacity, adding flights to Kamloops due to demand because of flooding
The four airlines that serve Kamloops Airport are adding flights or using larger aircrafts to help get people to and from the Lower Mainland. Tracy Brown, the Manager of Facilities and Emergency Respo...
Nov 18, 2021 Kamloops Airport. (Photo via Colton Davies)
Child killed in head-on crash on Highway 97C between Merritt and Logan Lake
BC Highway Patrol says a child under the age of 10 was killed in a head-on crash between a passenger vehicle and a utility vehicle on Highway 97C between Merritt and Logan Lake this afternoon. Spokesp...
Nov 18, 2021
Coldwater River changes course on Merritt street as flood waters recede
As water recedes, there is a new challenge for crews in Merritt as they assess the damage caused by flooding this week. Greg Lowis, the head of the City's emergency operations centre, says the Coldwat...
Nov 18, 2021 The new course of the Coldwater River, which now runs down Pine Street north of Hicks Avenue. (Photo via City of Merritt)
Some early repair work on damaged B.C. highways already underway
In a bid to get some of B.C.'s major highways repaired as soon as possible, crews already have heavy equipment staged in many areas that were damaged by floods and landslides. That is according to Gre...
Nov 18, 2021 The Coquihalla highway at the Sowaqua Bridge on Nov. 16, 2021. (Photo: TranBC)
One more COVID-19 death reported at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops
Interior Health is reporting four new COVID-19 cases at Royal Inland Hospital as well as one new death. It means there are now 54 cases and three deaths connected to the hospital in Kamloops. That is ...
Nov 17, 2021
'Heartbreaking situation' as thousands of animals have died in B.C. floods: minister
B.C.'s Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries says flooding in the Fraser Valley has led to a 'heartbreaking' situation for animals and farmers who have been impacted by rising water. Lana Popham...
Nov 17, 2021 Farmers use jet skis to move cattle in the Lower Mainland. (Photo via Jesse Winter/ Reuters)
B.C. officially declares provincial state of emergency due to flooding
As expected, B.C. is once again under a provincial state of emergency after floods and landslides devastated the southern part of the province. Premier John Horgan made the announcement in a Wednesday...
Nov 17, 2021 A flooded section of Highway 1 in the Abbotsford area. (Photo via DriveBC)
UPDATE - RCMP say missing 32-year-old woman found safe
UPDATE - RCMP say 32-year-old woman Jocelyn Crate, who was reported missing on Wednesday, Nov. 17, has been found safe and sound.
Nov 17, 2021
'Vast majority' of Merritt residents will be allowed back once water systems are back up and running
The vast majority of Merrittonians will be able to return back home once the City gets its water systems back up and running. Greg Lowis, the City's Emergency Information Manager, told NL News that re...
Nov 17, 2021 The entire city of Merritt was evacuated on Nov. 15, 2021 because of flooding. (Photo via Bailee Allen)
Friday's Blazers game against Victoria postponed due to flooding
The Kamloops Blazers have made a schedule change because of the ongoing road issues and flooding in the province. Their game against the Victoria Royals this Friday, Nov. 19, is being rescheduled to W...
Nov 17, 2021
