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Clearwater mayor expects community to 'make it out okay' on the tourism front this year
The Mayor of Clearwater says he thinks his community will make it out okay this year from a tourism standpoint. Merlin Blackwell says like many provincial parks, Wells Gray Park is booming this year. ...
Aug 19, 2020
Wildfire crews continue to battle fires burning near Lillooet and the Shuswap
While all eyes are on the Christie Mountain fire near Penticton, the BC Wildfire Service is keeping tabs on a few other out of control wildfires in the Kamloops Fire Centre. Fire Information Officer G...
Aug 19, 2020
First PET/CT scanner coming to the Interior at BC Cancer in Kelowna
The B.C. Government says a new PET/CT scanner will be coming to the BC Cancer Centre in Kelowna, the first such machine in the Interior. Chief Medical Officer at BC Cancer, Dr. Kim Nguyen Chi, says th...
Aug 19, 2020
South Okanagan fire departments work to protect structures from the Christie Mountain fire
UPDATE 12:30 pm - The Christie Mountain wildfire is now estimated to be about 1,400 hectares in size, and wildfire activity is expected to increase as the heat of the day goes on. "The fire is burning...
Aug 19, 2020
Updated- Evacuation orders in effect as wildfire breaks out near Okanagan Falls
A wildfire of note in the Kamloops Fire Centre as BC Wildfire crews are responding to the Christie Mountain wildfire that is burning about 6 km north of Okanagan Falls on the east side of Skaha Lake. ...
Aug 18, 2020
B.C. adds 83 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths as active case count increases to 775
B.C. is reporting 83 new cases of COVID-19 today, for a total of 4,677 cases since the pandemic began. Active cases has gone up yet again to 775, while there are now six people in hospital, three in i...
Aug 18, 2020
Kamloops heat warning lifted as seasonal temperatures expected later this week
After two days of near record temperatures in Kamloops, Environment Canada has lifted the heat warning for the area. However, Meteorologist Doug Lundquist says it will still be hot for a couple more d...
Aug 18, 2020
UPDATED - Several new wildfires across Kamloops Fire Centre since yesterday believed to be human caused
As of noon today, there were ten new wildfires that broke out since yesterday across the Kamloops Fire Centre, and the BC Wildfire Service says eight of them are believed to be human caused. That numb...
Aug 18, 2020
August 17 heat records broken in Kelowna, Penticton while Kamloops comes close
Another hot day in the Okanagan as more temperature records for August 17 were set in a trio of communities - Penticton, Summerland, and Kelowna. Kelowna was by far the hottest of the three communitie...
Aug 18, 2020
City says work on the Victoria Street West improvements project is officially complete
At long last, work on the $13-million Victoria Street West Improvements Project is Kamloops is completed, about 16 months after it first began. Work got underway on April 15, 2019, near First Avenue a...
Aug 18, 2020
