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BC Wildfire Service predicting another busy wildfire season this year
It is shaping up to be another busy wildfire season in British Columbia, according to the latest outlook released by the BC Wildfire Service. Fire Information Officer Erika Berg says the areas of note...
Jun 10, 2019
Rivers near Kamloops, around B.C. peaking weeks ahead of normal
The province is seeing record-low river flows in some places as alpine snowpacks have melted off much earlier than normal. River Forecast Centre section head Dave Campbell says near Kamloops, the Nort...
Jun 10, 2019
Updated - Category 2 and 3 fires to be banned in the Kamloops Fire Centre effective Wednesday
The BC Wildfire Service will ban Category 2 and Category 3 open fires in the Kamloops Fire Centre effective noon on June 12. It is to help prevent human-caused wildfires, and the ban will be in effect...
Jun 07, 2019
Barriere mayor says Canfor mill closure in Vavenby will be different than loss of Tolko in 2003
The mayor of Barriere says he suspects Canfor shutting down in Vavenby will have a greater impact than when his community lost its sawmill. The Tolko mill in Louis Creek burned down 16 years ago, duri...
Jun 07, 2019
Fraser Nicola MLA says rebuild still ongoing for people affected by the 2017 Elephant Hill wildfire
The rebuild is still ongoing for people in the Ashcroft, Cache Creek and Clinton areas, two years after the massive Elephant Hill wildfire. That's according to Fraser Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart, who say...
Jun 07, 2019
Highway 1 four-laning project through Chase expected to start this fall, Transportation Minister says
B.C.'s Transportation Minister says work to four-lane the Trans-Canada highway through Chase should begin this fall. The first phase will see more than three kilometres of the highway expanded. The co...
Jun 07, 2019
TRU Education Centre near Clearwater gets $150,000 from the Wells Gray Community Forest Commission
A Thompson Rivers University Education Centre near Clearwater is getting $150,000 from the Wells Gray Community Forest Corporation. The funding was approved by Clearwater council this week, and Mayor ...
Jun 07, 2019
Fifty-dollar tipping fee proposed at Kamloops sewage treatment plant
Kamloops city council will be asked next week to more than double tipping fees for sewage waste. The civic operations committee is recommending those fees be raised from $20.31 per cubic metre to $50....
Jun 07, 2019
Sunlife Walk to Cure Juvenile Diabetes goes this Sunday at the BC Wildllife Park
Sunday marks the return of the Sunlife Walk to Cure Juvenile Diabetes at the BC Wildllife Park and this year they're starting a new campaign. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is launching it'...
Jun 07, 2019
Tap water back to normal in Barriere after discoloration during the spring
The District of Barriere has addressed a water issue that was causing discoloured tap water for some people. Mayor Ward Stamer says crews have gotten the district's main water well back online, after ...
Jun 07, 2019
