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Over a million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Interior Health
Interior Health says it has administered over a million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine since the immunization campaign began earlier this year. There have been 1,021,323 doses of a vaccine administered t...
Jul 27, 2021
BC reports 150 new COVID-19 cases, 95 in Interior Health
B.C. health officials are reporting 150 new COVID-19 cases today, the highest one day total in just over a month. Of that, 95 new cases were in Interior Health - which remains the hotspot for new case...
Jul 27, 2021
White Rock Lake Fire evacuation alert expanded to include Monte Creek and Falkland area properties
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has issued an evacuation alert for 277 properties southeast of Kamloops and in the Monte Creek area because of the White Rock Lake wildfire. It says the fire pose...
Jul 27, 2021
B.C. launching 'Vax for BC' campaign as COVID-19 cases surge in unvaccinated people
The BC Government is launching a campaign called 'Vax for BC' as it tries to target people still not vaccinated against COVID 19 over the next two weeks. It says from today until the end of August, th...
Jul 27, 2021
More highway closures between Logan Lake and Ashcroft possible because of Tremont Creek wildfire
A heads up if you're planning to travel on Highway 97C from Logan Lake towards Ashcroft - the highway could be closed again at a moment's notice because of the Tremont Creek wildfire. BC Wildfire Serv...
Jul 27, 2021 The Tremont Creek wildfire east of Ashcroft on July 22, 2021. (BC Wildfire Service)
Evacuation order for Walhachin downgraded; alert for Thompson River Estates, Semlin Valley rescinded
A significant update for Wahlachin-area properties impacted by the Tremont Creek wildfire as the Thompson-Nicola Regional District has downgraded an evacuation order to an evacuation alert. In all, 60...
Jul 26, 2021
Nicola Valley man pleads guilty after setting fire to Merritt area churches in 2019
A Nicola Valley man accused of setting fire to several Merritt-area churches in early 2019 has pleaded guilty. "On July 23, 2021, August David Caprian pleaded guilty to three counts of arson and one c...
Jul 26, 2021
Interior Health remains COVID-19 hotspot with 155 of 267 new weekend cases
COVID-19 cases continue to head the wrong way with 267 cases over the weekend, 155 of which were in Interior Health. That is more than three times the number of cases in Fraser Health, which saw 48 ov...
Jul 26, 2021
Thirty-four firefighters from Australia joining fight against B.C. wildfires this week
The BC Government says 34 firefighters from Australia will be arriving in the province tomorrow, July 27, to help in the fight against wildfires. It will include one nine-person incident management te...
Jul 26, 2021
Successful but quiet first weekend in Sun Peaks after two-week long shutdown due to Embleton Mountain wildfire
A successful weekend back at Sun Peaks Resort after a two-week long shutdown because of the Embleton Mountain wildfire, though it was quieter than normal for a late July weekend at the Resort. "It was...
Jul 26, 2021
