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Premier Horgan defends decision to not declare provincial state of emergency over wildfires
There continues to be calls from around the province asking the BC Government to declare a provincial state of emergency in light of the 300-plus wildfires currently burning. However, speaking to medi...
Jul 16, 2021
B.C. heli-skiing pioneer Mike Wiegele dies at 82
Mike Wiegele, a pioneer in the field of heli-skiing and adventure tourism in British Columbia, has died at the age of 82. "It is with profound sadness that today we share the passing of our founder an...
Jul 16, 2021 Photo via Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing
Sandman Centre opening as smoke refuge for Kamloops residents
The Sandman Centre concourse will be open for Kamloopsians who want a break from the smoke. The concourse will be open every day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until further notice, though that schedule is su...
Jul 16, 2021
TNRD unanimously votes to ask B.C. government to declare wildfire provincial state of emergency
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District board has voted unanimously to ask the B.C. government to declare a provincial state of emergency because of the wildfire situation. Board Chair Ken Gillis tells ...
Jul 15, 2021
Interior Health expanding evacuations in 100 Mile House, Ashcroft because of nearby wildfires
Interior Health is expanding its evacuations of people in areas currently impacted by wildfires in the Thompson and Cariboo region. Forty additional long-term care residents are being proactively evac...
Jul 15, 2021
Vaccines a big reason why second COVID outbreak at RIH hasn't grown significantly, Kamloops MHO says
The Medical Health Officer for Kamloops says COVID-19 vaccines are a big reason why a second outbreak of the virus at Royal Inland Hospital hasn't grown significantly. The outbreak was declared two we...
Jul 15, 2021
Highway 97 reopens between Clinton and 100 Mile House as crews fight Flat Lake wildfire
Some good news in the south Cariboo as the BC Wildfire Service continues to fight the Flat Lake wildfire that has forced thousands of evacuation orders and alerts south of 100 Mile House, including th...
Jul 15, 2021
UPDATE - Kamloops firefighters making progress in battling 33 hectare fire south of Aberdeen near Jacko Lake
It appears that firefighters are making progress in fighting a 33 hectare fire that is burning between Jacko Lake and Long Lake Road on the southern outskirts of Kamloops, near Aberdeen. In a statemen...
Jul 15, 2021
Tk'emlúps report indicates more graves could be found at Kamloops Residential School
Editors note: The contents of this story may be triggering to some readers. A list of resources is listed below. The discovery of a juvenile rib bone near a former apple orchard on the grounds of the ...
Jul 15, 2021
UPDATE - Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Savona put on evacuation alert because of Tremont Creek wildfire
The communities of Ashcroft and Cache Creek along with neighbouring properties in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District have been put on an evacuation alert because of the Tremont Creek wildfire. "We ...
Jul 14, 2021
